Prediction of the mechanical response of polycrystalline ceramics containing metallic intergranular layers under uniaxial tension

Computational Materials Science

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 46-63

  Sadowski, T ^a   Hardy, S J ^b   Postek, E W ^b  

^a LUBLIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity of the material; Interfaces between grains; Polycrystalline ceramics

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); STRESS CONCENTRATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOPLASTICITY;

ELASTIC GRAINS; HETEROGENEITY OF THE MATERIAL; INTERFACES BETWEEN GRAINS; POLYCRYSTALLINE CERAMICS;

POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

EID: 17444374614     PISSN: 09270256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2004.10.005     Document Type: Article

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