Scratch test model for the determination of fracture toughness

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 334-342

  Akono, Ange Therese ^a   Ulm, Franz Josef ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture toughness; J Integral; Scratch test

Indexed keywords

AIRY STRESS FUNCTION; ANALYTICAL SCALING; APPLIED FORCES; CEMENT PASTE; J INTEGRAL; LINEAR ELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS; LINEAR RELATION; MATERIAL INTERFACES; SCRATCH TEST; SCRATCH WIDTH;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; ENERGY RELEASE RATE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; TESTING;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 78651367807     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2010.09.017     Document Type: Article

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