Simple and accurate fracture toughness testing methods for pyrolytic carbon/graphite composites used in heart-valve prostheses

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 461-464

  Kruzic, J J ^a   Kuskowski, S J ^b   Ritchie, R O ^c  

^a Oregon State University   (United States)

^b Medical CV Incorporated   (United States)

^c Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Fracture; Micronotch; Pyrolytic carbon; Toughness

Indexed keywords

COATED MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRACK INITIATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAPHITE; PYROLYSIS;

MICRONOTCH; PRECRACKING; PYROLYTIC CARBON; TOUGHNESS MEASUREMENT;

BIOMATERIALS;

CARBON; GRAPHITE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; PYROLYSIS; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRENGTH; STRESS FRACTURE;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CARBON; GRAPHITE; HARDNESS TESTS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 23744443021     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.30380     Document Type: Article

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