Failure of silicon nitride under uniaxial compression at high temperature

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 335-345

  Gei, Massimiliano ^a   Bigoni, Davide ^a   Guicciardi, Stefano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; High temperature; Plasticity; Stress strain relationship measurements; Structural ceramics

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); COMPACTION; CRACK PROPAGATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MICROCRACKS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PLASTICITY; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRUCTURAL CERAMICS;

EXFOLIATION MECHANISMS; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSION;

SILICON NITRIDE;

EID: 0347985393     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6636(03)00063-2     Document Type: Article

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