Room-temperature creep of nanoporous silica

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 781-784

  Kucheyev, S O ^a   Lord, K A ^a   Hamza, A V ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerogel; Nano Indentation; Stress Strain Relationship

Indexed keywords

APPLIED STRESS; ATOMIC FRACTIONS; INDENTATION CREEP; NANOPOROUS SILICA; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STRESS CORROSION FRACTURE; STRESS/STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TIME-DEPENDENT DEFORMATION;

AEROGELS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SILICA; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

CREEP;

EID: 80054893424     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2010.68     Document Type: Article

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