Three-dimensional numerical simulation tools for fracture analysis in planar Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs)

Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 393-405

  Johnson, Janine ^a   Qu, Jianmin ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODE ELECTROLYTE CATHODES (PEN); PLANAR CELL MODELS; THERMOMECHANICAL PROCESSES; THREE DIMENSIONAL CURVILINEAR CRACKS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK INITIATION; ELECTROLYTES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE FIXATION; NUMERICAL METHODS;

SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS;

EID: 33845919193     PISSN: 01966219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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