A four-point bend technique to determine dynamic fracture toughness of ceramics

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 990-995

  Weerasooriya, Tusit ^a   Moy, Paul ^a   Casem, Daniel ^a   Cheng, Ming ^b   Chen, Weinong ^c  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Med Eng Systems Inc   (Canada)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK TIP LOADING; FOUR-POINT BEND TECHNIQUE; LOADING RATE;

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CRACKS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; LOADING; SILICON CARBIDE;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 33644701583     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2005.00896.x     Document Type: Article

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