Flexural strength, fracture toughness, and hardness of silicon carbide and boron carbide armor ceramics

International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 643-651

  Vargas Gonzalez, Lionel ^a   Speyer, Robert F ^a   Campbell, James ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS ALUMINOSILICATE; APPLIED LOADS; FINER GRAINS; FLEXURAL STRENGTH; FOUR-POINT; FRACTURE STRENGTHS; GRADE B; NARROW DISTRIBUTION; NOTCHED BEAM; PHASE ASSEMBLAGES; SECOND PHASE; SINTERED MICROSTRUCTURE; SURFACE FLAW; VICKERS;

ALUMINOSILICATES; ARMOR; BENDING STRENGTH; BORON; BORON CARBIDE; FRACTURE; HARDNESS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; SILICON CARBIDE; SINTERING;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 77957324443     PISSN: 1546542X     EISSN: 17447402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7402.2010.02501.x     Document Type: Article

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