Flexure strength, fracture toughness, and slow crack growth of YSZ/alumina composites at high temperatures

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1474-1480

  Choi, Sung R ^a,b   Bansal, Narottam P ^a,b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARTICULATE COUNTERPARTS; PLATELETS; SLOW CRACK GROWTH (SCG); STRESS-RATE TESTING;

ALUMINA; BENDING STRENGTH; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRACK PROPAGATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; HOT PRESSING; STRESS RELAXATION;

ZIRCONIA;

EID: 20844448560     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2005.00252.x     Document Type: Article

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