The fracture toughness of Ni/Al2O3 laminates by digital image correlation II: Bridging-stresses and R-curve models

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 583-592

  Mekky, Waleed ^a   Nicholson, Patrick S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ceramic metal laminates; Crack opening displacement; Digital image correlation; Fracture

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; BRITTLE FRACTURE; CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; CRACK INITIATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; NICKEL; STRESS ANALYSIS;

BRIDGING-STRESS; CERAMIC MONOLITHS; CRACK-OPENING DISPLACEMENT; DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATION;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 30544443872     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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