Fractal-based quantification of crack paths for determination of effective microstructural length scales and fracture toughness

Scripta Materialia

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 109-112

  Tarafder, Mita ^a   Das, S K ^a   Chattoraj, I ^a   Nasipuri, M ^b   Tarafder, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL METALLURGICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Fractal; Fracture; Fracture toughness; HSLA

Indexed keywords

CRACK PATHS; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRACTAL FRACTURE; FRACTOGRAPHIC; GOOD CORRELATIONS; HSLA STEEL; MICRO-STRUCTURAL LENGTH; SELF-AFFINE; YIELD STRENGTH;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; FRACTALS; FRACTURE; MARTENSITIC STAINLESS STEEL;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 73649090777     PISSN: 13596462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2009.09.011     Document Type: Article

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