Micromechanical mechanism of fracture initiation in discontinuously reinforced metal-matrix composite

Materials Characterization

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 321-327

  Mawsouf, N M ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ALUMINUM METALLURGY; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; CRACK INITIATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SILICON; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

FRACTURE INITIATION;

METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0034156737     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1044-5803(99)00068-6     Document Type: Article

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