Determining the toughness of ceramics from vickers indentations using the crack-opening displacements: An experimental study

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1433-1436

  Kruzic, Jamie J ^a   Ritchie, Robert O ^a  

^a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; INDENTATION; SILICON CARBIDE; VICKERS HARDNESS TESTING;

CRACK-OPENING DISPLACEMENT; SUBSURFACE CRACKING EFFECT; VICKERS INDENTATION;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0041428157     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.2003.tb03490.x     Document Type: Article

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