Atomistic characterization of three-dimensional lattice trapping barriers to brittle fracture

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 462, Issue 2070, 2006, Pages 1741-1761

  Zhu, Ting ^a,c   Li, Ju ^b   Yip, Sidney ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b Ohio State University   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Cleavage anisotropy; Kink; Lattice trapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845536972     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2005.1567     Document Type: Article

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