The ductility of metal matrix composites - Relation to local deformation behavior and damage evolution

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3663-3676

  Kolednik, Otmar ^a   Unterweger, Klaus ^a  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Composite architecture; Digital image analysis; Metal matrix composite; Particle fracture; Shear bands

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; CRACK TIPS; DEFORMATION; DUCTILITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; SHEAR BANDS; TENSILE STRENGTH; VOLUME FRACTION;

CRACK TIP OPENING DISPLACEMENTS;

METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

CRACK INITIATION; CRACK TIPS; DEFORMATION; DUCTILITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; PARTICLE SIZE; SHEAR BANDS; TENSILE STRENGTH; VOLUME FRACTION;

EID: 43749108195     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2007.08.011     Document Type: Article

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