Cleavage crack-growth-resistance of grain boundaries in polycrystalline Fe-2%Si alloy: Experiments and modeling

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 129-154

  Qiao, Y ^a   Argon, A S ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleavage in polycrystals; Cleavage resistance in the lower shelf; Percolation of cleavage through grains

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

CRACK GROWTH RESISTANCE;

IRON ALLOYS;

EID: 0037209979     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6636(02)00194-1     Document Type: Article

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