Properties of sialon ceramics evaluated by means of multifractal, surface stereometry and quantitative fractography techniques

Materials Characterization

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1151-1157

  Stach, Sebastian ^a   Roskosz, Stanisław ^b   Cybo, Jerzy ^a   Cwajna, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Fracture; Multifractal analysis; Overlaps; Quantitative fractography; Surface stereometry

Indexed keywords

DE-COHESION; FRACTOGRAPHIC; FRACTURE SURFACES; FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; MULTI FRACTALS; MULTIFRACTAL ANALYSIS; OVERLAPS; PROPORTIONAL RELATION; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION; QUANTITATIVE FRACTOGRAPHY; RESEARCH METHODS; SIALON CERAMICS; THREE-POINT BENDING TEST;

BENDING STRENGTH; CERAMIC MATERIALS; FRACTALS; FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; SURFACES;

BRITTLE FRACTURE;

EID: 70049090236     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2009.02.013     Document Type: Article

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