Mechanical failure of advanced ceramics: The value of fractography

Key Engineering Materials

Volumn 223, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-18

  Danzer, R ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR STRUKTUR UND FUNKTIONSKERAMIK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Advanced Ceramics; Brittle Failure; Creep; Fatigue; Fractography; Fracture Origins; Mechanical Failure; Subcritical Crack Growth

Indexed keywords

LOAD ANALYSIS;

CRACKS; DUCTILE FRACTURE; FRACTOGRAPHY; LOADS (FORCES); MICROSTRUCTURE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0036432018     PISSN: 10139826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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