Use of focused ion beam (FIB) for advanced interpretation of microindentation test results applied to cementitious composites

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 189-193

  Trtik, P ^a   Reeves, C M ^b   Bartos, P J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ETCHING; ION BEAMS; MICROSTRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

FOCUSED ION BEAMS (FIB); MICROINDENTATION TESTS;

CEMENTS;

EID: 0033742099     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02479413     Document Type: Article

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