Fracture resistance and stable crack-growth behavior of 8-mol%-yttria-stabilized zirconia

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1199-1206

  Kumar, Amar N ^a,b   Sørensen, Bent F ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING MOMENTS; CANTILEVER BEAMS; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

ENERGY RELEASE RATE; ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; FRACTURE ENERGY; YTTRIA;

ZIRCONIA;

EID: 0033737148     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.2000.tb01354.x     Document Type: Article

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