On the vickers indentation fracture toughness Test

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 673-680

  Quinn, George D ^a   Bradt, Richard C ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIAL (SRM); THREE-DIMENSIONAL CRACK SYSTEM;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CRACK PROPAGATION; INDENTATION; MEASUREMENT THEORY; RESIDUAL STRESSES; VICKERS HARDNESS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 33847754280     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2006.01482.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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