Comparison of methodologies for determination of fracture strength of 8 mol% yttria-stabilized zirconia electrolyte materials

Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 99-103

  An, Ke ^a   Halverson, Howard G ^b   Reifsnider, Kenneth L ^b   Case, Scott W ^c   McCord, Marshall H ^c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ball on ring; Fracture strength; Plate tensile; Pressure on ring; Weibull analysis; Yttria stabilized zirconia

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; CALCULATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TENSILE TESTING; THERMAL STRESS; THIN FILMS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS; ZIRCONIA;

BALL-ON-RING TESTING; ELECTROLYTE MATERIALS; EXTERNAL STRESSES; PLATE TENSILE; PRESSURE-ON-RING TESTING; WEIBULL ANALYSIS; YTTRIA STABILIZED ZIRCONIA;

SOLID ELECTROLYTES;

EID: 20444473104     PISSN: 1550624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1867974     Document Type: Article

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