Effect of indenter materials on indentation fracture of alumina ceramics

Key Engineering Materials

Volumn 290, Issue , 2005, Pages 23-30

  Usami, Hatsuhiko ^a   Kadomae, Tomoya ^a   Igimi, Daisuke ^b   Mizuno, Mineo ^b  

^a MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN FINE CERAMICS CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alumina ceramics; Crack pass; FEM; Indentation fracture; Strain restriction

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; INDENTATION; SILICON NITRIDE; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TENSILE STRESS;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION SIGNALS; ALUMINA CERAMICS; CRACK PASS; ELASTIC MISMATCH; HERTZIAN CRACKING; INDENTATION FRACTURE; STRAIN RESTRICTION;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 34249746676     PISSN: 10139826     EISSN: 16629795     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/0-87849-973-3.23     Document Type: Conference Paper

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