Scaling of fracture strength in ZnO: Effects of pore/grain-size interaction and porosity

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 3643-3651

  Lu, Chunsheng ^a,b,c   Danzer, Robert ^a   Fischer, Franz Dieter ^b  

^a INSTITUT FÜR STRUKTUR UND FUNKTIONSKERAMIK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Fracture strength; Grain size; Porosity; ZnO

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CRACKS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MICROSTRUCTURE; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; PROBABILITY;

CRACK SIZES; DEFECT-MICROSTRUCTURE INTERACTION; HOMOGENIZATION; PORE/GRAIN-SIZE INTERACTIONS;

ZINC OXIDE;

CERAMICS;

EID: 3843095302     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2003.12.001     Document Type: Article

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