Prediction of crack propagation in layered ceramics with strong interfaces

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2192-2199

  Nahlik L ^a,b   Sestakova L ^b,c   Hutar P ^a   Bermejo, R ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF MATERIALS   (Czech Republic)

^b BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c MATERIALS CENTER LEOBEN FORSCHUNG GMBH   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ceramic laminate; Crack propagation direction; Flaw tolerant ceramics; Optimal design; Residual stress

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CRACKS; EXCITONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINATES; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRAIN ENERGY; ZIRCONIA;

CERAMIC LAMINATES; CRACK DEFLECTIONS; CRACK PROPAGATION DIRECTION; CRACK-GROWTH RESISTANCE; HIGH COMPRESSIVE RESIDUAL STRESS; MAXIMUM TANGENTIAL STRESS; OPTIMAL DESIGN; STRAIN ENERGY DENSITY;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 77954027081     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2010.02.023     Document Type: Article

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