Crack growth resistance (R-curve) behaviour and thermo-physical properties of Al2O3 particle-reinforced AlN/Al matrix composites

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1038-1050

  Boddapati, Srinivasa Rao ^a   Rödel, Jürgen ^a   Jayaram, Vikram ^b  

^a University of Technology   (Germany)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

A. Particle reinforcement; B. Fracture; B. Thermal properties; Liquid metal infiltration

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ELASTIC MODULI; FRACTURE; HYSTERESIS; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; VOLUME FRACTION;

LIQUID METAL INFILTRATION; PARTICLE REINFORCEMENT;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 33845422369     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2006.06.015     Document Type: Article

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