Comparison of R-curves from single-edge V-notched-beam (SEVNB) and surface-crack-in-flexure (SCF) fracture-toughness test methods on multilayered alumina-zirconia composites

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 445-447

  Moon, Robert ^a   Bowman, Keith ^a   Trumble, Kevin ^a   Rödel, Jürgen ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POWDERS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); ZIRCONIA;

ALUMINA ZIRCONIA COMPOSITES; MICROSTRUCTURAL EFFECT; SINGLE EDGE V-NOTCHED BEAM; SURFACE CRACK-IN FLEXURE;

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0033731421     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.2000.tb01217.x     Document Type: Article

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