On the fracture toughness of advanced materials

Advanced Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 2103-2110

  Launey, Maximilien E ^a   Ritchie, Robert O ^a,b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MATERIALS; CRACK EXTENSION; CRACK GROWTH; CRITICAL STRUCTURES; ENGINEERING MATERIALS; FRACTURE RESISTANCE; MICROSTRUCTURAL DESIGN; NEW MATERIAL; NUCLEAR PRESSURE VESSELS; R-CURVE; STRENGTH AND TOUGHNESS; STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS; TOUGHENING MECHANISMS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CRACK TIPS; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); DISASTERS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PRESSURE VESSELS; SHIPS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 66249093187     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200803322     Document Type: Article

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