Effect of fiber bridging stress on the fracture resistance of silicon-carbide-fiber/zircon composites

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1207-1214

  Wang, Yu Lin ^a   Anandakumar, Umashankar ^a   Singh, Raj N ^a  

^a University of Cincinnati   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SILICON CARBIDE; ZIRCONIA;

CRACK LENGTH; FIBER BRIDGING STRESS;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 0033728816     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.2000.tb01355.x     Document Type: Article

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