Onset plastic deformation and cracking behavior of silicon carbide under contact load at room temperature

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3509-3514

  Zhao, Xiaofeng ^a   Langford, Richard M ^b   Shapiro, Ian P ^a   Xiao, Ping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LOAD; CRACK BEHAVIOR; CRACKING BEHAVIOR; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; LOAD-DISPLACEMENT CURVE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SHEAR SLIP; TEM OBSERVATIONS;

CRACKS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; NANOINDENTATION; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SILICON CARBIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EPITAXIAL GROWTH;

EID: 80053957543     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2011.04674.x     Document Type: Article

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