Molecular dynamics simulations of the effect of the composition of the intergranular film on fracture in Si3N4

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 235-240

  Garofalini, Stephen H ^a   Zhang, Shenghong ^a  

^a Piscataway   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BASAL SURFACE; BULK GLASS; CRISTOBALITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ORIENTATIONS; EXPECTED EFFECTS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FRACTURE BEHAVIOR; FRACTURE STRENGTHS; FRACTURE STRESS; INTERGRANULAR FILMS; LINEAR PORTIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS COMPUTER SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MULTICOMPONENTS; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; OXYNITRIDES; PREFERENTIAL SEGREGATION; PRISM SURFACE; SILICON OXYNITRIDES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; FRACTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; OXYGEN; PRISMS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON NITRIDE; TENSILE STRAIN; TEXTURES;

SILICON OXIDES;

EID: 73149085732     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2009.03400.x     Document Type: Article

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