Crack growth in alumina at high temperature

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 149-161

  Tran, D K ^a   Kobayashi, A S ^b   White, K W ^c  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; INTERFEROMETRY; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; THERMAL EFFECTS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

MOIRE INTERFEROMETRY; STABLE CRACK GROWTH;

ALUMINA;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ENGINEERING; INTERFEROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

HIGH DENSITY POLYCRYSTALLINE ALUMINA;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAIN BOUNDARY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 0035241973     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(00)00090-4     Document Type: Article

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