Fracture toughness of alumina-zirconia composites

Ceramics International

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 249-255

  Cesari, F ^a   Esposito, L ^b   Furgiuele, F M ^c   Maletta, C ^c   Tucci, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Centro Ceramico Bologna   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Al2O3 ZrO2 composites; Fracture toughness; Stress intensity factor; Zirconia t m phase transformation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; SINTERING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ZIRCONIA;

AL2O3-ZRO2 COMPOSITES; ALUMINA-ZIRCONIA SYSTEM; STRESS INTENSITY FACTOR; TOUGHENING EFFECT; ZIRCONIA T → M PHASE TRANSFORMATION;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 30344485993     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2005.02.012     Document Type: Article

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