Crack trapping effect of persistent grain boundary islands

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 753-758

  Kong, X ^a   Qiao, Y ^a  

^a The University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack trapping; Fracture; Grain boundaries; Toughness

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SILICON ALLOYS; TOUGHNESS;

BREAKTHROUGH POINTS (BTP); CRACK TRAPPING EFFECT;

IRON ALLOYS;

EID: 28044472506     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: 14602695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2005.00908.x     Document Type: Article

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