Measurement of indentation fracture toughness of silicon nitride ceramics: I, effect of microstructure of materials

Key Engineering Materials

Volumn 352, Issue , 2007, Pages 41-44

  Miyazaki, Hiroyuki ^a   Hyuga, Hideki ^a   Yoshizawa, Yu Ichi ^a   Hirao, Kiyoshi ^a   Ohji, Tatsuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fracture toughness; Indentation fracture technique; Silicon nitride

Indexed keywords

BALL BEARINGS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; INDENTATION; LOADS (FORCES); MICROSTRUCTURE; SILICON NITRIDE;

CERAMIC BALL BEARING; EFFECTIVE CRACK LENGTH; INDENTATION FRACTURE TECHNIQUE; R-CURVE; SILICON NITRIDE CERAMICS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 34748876175     PISSN: 10139826     EISSN: 16629795     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/0-87849-454-5.41     Document Type: Conference Paper

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