Effect of notch root radius on fracture toughness of polycrystalline cubic boron nitride

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 78, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 2885-2895

  Carolan, D ^a   Alveen, P ^a   Ivankovic A ^a   Murphy, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cubic boron nitride; Fracture testing; Notch root radius

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; GRAIN SIZE; NOTCH ROOT RADIUS; POLYCRYSTALLINE CUBIC BORON NITRIDE; STRESS FIELD;

BORON; CUBIC BORON NITRIDE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TESTING; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 80054855692     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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