The fracture toughness of Ni/Al2O3 laminates by digital image correlation I: Experimental crack opening displacement and R-curves

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 571-582

  Mekky, Waleed ^a   Nicholson, Patrick S ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

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

BRIDGING-STRESS BRIDGING-DISPLACEMENT RELATIONSHIP; CRACK OPENING DISPLACEMENT; DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATION (DIC);

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 30544454327     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2005.09.005     Document Type: Article

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