Fracture mode transitions in brittle coatings on compliant substrates as a function of thickness

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1752-1761

  Chai, Herzl ^a   Lawn, Brian R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FILMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; INDENTATION; LOAD TESTING; SUBSTRATES; SURFACES; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

BRITTLE COATINGS; COATING THICKNESS; FRACTURE MODE TRANSITIONS; SPHERICAL INDENTER; TOP SURFACE RING CRACKING;

CERAMIC COATINGS;

EID: 3142769121     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/JMR.2004.0219     Document Type: Article

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