R-curve behaviour of 2Y-TZP with submicron grain size

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 26, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 3575-3582

  Eichler, Jens ^a   Hoffman, Mark ^b   Eisele, Ulrich ^c   Rödel, Jürgen ^a  

^a Laboratory for Control Engineering and Process Automation   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ROBERT BOSCH GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fracture; Mechanical properties; R curve; Raman microscopy; Toughness and toughening; ZrO2

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FRACTURE TESTING; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POWDERS; TOUGHENING; TOUGHNESS;

PLATEAU VALUES; R-CURVE; RAMAN MICROSCOPY;

ZIRCONIA;

CRACKS; FRACTURE TESTING; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POWDERS; TOUGHENING; TOUGHNESS; ZIRCONIA;

EID: 33748691349     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2005.11.012     Document Type: Article

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