A hybrid method for the thermo-mechanical analysis of elastic cracks in two-dimensional heterogeneous materials

Finite Elements in Analysis and Design

Volumn 43, Issue 6-7, 2007, Pages 444-452

  Bruno, Luigi ^a   Furgiuele, Franco M ^a   Maletta, Carmine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alumina; Fracture toughness; Tetragonal monoclinic transformation; Thermal stresses; Voronoi cell; Zirconia

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CRACKS; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMAL STRESS; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT; ZIRCONIA;

MICROSTRUCTURE MODEL; TETRAGONAL-MONOCLINIC TRANSFORMATION; VORONOI CELL;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 33947279450     PISSN: 0168874X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.finel.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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