On size effect of cleavage cracking in polycrystalline thin films

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 746-752

  Qiao, Y ^a   Kong, X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleavage cracking; Crack trapping; Free standing; Size effect; Thin film

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; THIN FILMS;

CLEAVAGE CRACKING; CRACK TRAPPING; SIZE EFFECT;

CRACK INITIATION;

EID: 34047121579     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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