Dynamic indentation response of fine-grained boron carbide

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1850-1857

  Ghosh, Dipankar ^a   Subhash, Ghatu ^b,e   Sudarshan, Tirumalai S ^c   Radhakrishnan, Ramachandran ^c,e   Gao, Xin Lin ^d  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Materials Modifications Inc   (United States)

^d Texas AandM University   (United States)

^e AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON CARBIDE DISKS; DYNAMIC INDENTATIONS; STATIC INDENTATIONS;

DYNAMIC LOADS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; INDENTATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

BORON CARBIDE;

EID: 34249887963     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2007.01652.x     Document Type: Article

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