Ultrasonic velocity technique for nondestructive quantification of elastic moduli degradation during creep in silicon nitride

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 817-822

  Lofaj, František ^a   Blessing, Gerald V ^b   Wiederhorn, Sheldon M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Slovakia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITATION; CREEP; DEGRADATION; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELASTIC MODULI; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; POISSON RATIO; SILICON NITRIDE; TENSILE TESTING; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VOLUME FRACTION;

CREEP DAMAGE; ELASTIC MODULI DEGRADATION; NONDESTRUCTIVE QUANTIFICATION;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0038281461     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.2003.tb03381.x     Document Type: Article

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