Crack penetration and deflection at a bimaterial interface in a four-point bend test

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3019-3027

  Roham, Sassan ^a   Hardikar, Kedar ^a   Woytowitz, Peter ^a  

^a NOVELLUS SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CRACK PROPAGATION; DELAMINATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THIN FILMS;

BIMATERIAL INTERFACE; CRACK PENETRATION; DEFLECTION; FOUR POINT BEND TEST;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 6344291454     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/JMR.2004.0376     Document Type: Article

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