Fracture initiation mechanisms in α -alumina under hypervelocity impact

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Zhang, Cheng ^a   Kalia, Rajiv K ^a   Nakano, Aiichiro ^a   Vashishta, Priya ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SPALLING; STRAIN RATE;

ATOMISTIC MECHANISMS; HIGH STRAIN RATE DEFORMATION MODES; HYPERVELOCITY IMPACT;

ALUMINA;

EID: 34648819031     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2786865     Document Type: Article

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