Electric-field-lnduced crack growth behavior in PZT/Al2O3 Composites

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 651-653

  Tajima, Ken Ichi ^a,b,c,d   Hwang, Hae Jin ^a   Sando, Mutsuo ^a,b,c   Niihara, Koichi ^a,b,c  

^a FCRA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOCERA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CRACK PROPAGATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; LEAD COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

LEAD ZIRCONATE TITANATE;

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0033907187     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.2000.tb01248.x     Document Type: Article

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