Controlled precracking of fracture mechanics specimens using contact stresses

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2251-2255

  Hashimoto, Atsushi ^a,c   Kovar, Desiderio ^a,b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; CRACK INITIATION; ELASTICITY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; TENSILE STRESS;

POLYMER BLOCKS;

GLASS CERAMICS;

EID: 0036740326     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.2002.tb00443.x     Document Type: Article

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