Crack-tip toughness measurements on a sintered reaction-bonded Si3N4

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1502-1508

  Kounga Njiwa, Alain B ^a   Fett, Theo ^b   Rödel, Jürgen ^a   Quinn, George D ^c  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; INDENTATION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; SINTERING;

CRACK OPENING DISPLACEMENTS; CRACK TIP TOUGHNESS; EDGE CRACKS; VICKERS INDENTATION;

SILICON NITRIDE;

EID: 4544229916     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2004.01502.x     Document Type: Article

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