Investigation of an active stressing technique for delaying fracture during laser cutting of alumina

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Manufacturing Engineering Division, MED

Volumn 15, Issue , 2004, Pages 173-179

  Akarapu, R ^a   Segall, A E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active Stressing; Delaying Fracture; Laser cutting of ceramics; Premature Fracture

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE STRESSING; DELAYING FRACTURE; LASER CUTTING OF CERAMICS; PREMATURE FRACTURE;

ALUMINA; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACKS; CUTTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; LASER APPLICATIONS; THERMAL STRESS;

STRESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 23244455239     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2004-61243     Document Type: Conference Paper

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