A new test to determine the tensile strength of brittle balls-The notched ball test

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2447-2459

  Supancic, Peter ^a   Danzer, Robert ^a   Witschnig, Stefan ^a   Polaczek, Erich ^a   Morrell, Roger ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR STRUKTUR UND FUNKTIONSKERAMIK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Si3N4; Strength; Structural applications

Indexed keywords

APPLIED FORCES; DATA EVALUATION; EQUATORIAL PLANES; EXPERIMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; FRACTURE LOAD; NOTCH GEOMETRY; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; OUTER SURFACE; POISSON'S RATIO; SI3N4; SILICON NITRIDE BALLS; STRENGTH; STRENGTH TESTS; STRESS AMPLITUDES; STRESS STATE; STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS; TEST RESULTS;

BENDING (DEFORMATION); POISSON RATIO; SILICON NITRIDE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE STRESS; TESTING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SPHERES;

EID: 67349274133     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2009.02.018     Document Type: Article

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