Using fracture mechanics to characterize organic coatings

CoatingsTech

Volumn 2, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 62-67

  Nichols, Mark ^a,b  

^a FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

^b MD 3182 SRL ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; OPTIMIZATION;

DUCTILE COATINGS; FAILURE ENVELOPS; FRACTURE ENERGY;

ORGANIC COATINGS;

EID: 33344462021     PISSN: 24751499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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