The conflicts between strength and toughness

Nature Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 817-822

  Ritchie, Robert O ^a  

^a No 1760   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; METALLIC GLASS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; STRUCTURAL CERAMICS;

CATASTROPHIC FRACTURE; DAMAGE TOLERANT; LENGTH SCALE; NATURAL MATERIALS; SAFETY CRITICAL APPLICATIONS; STRENGTH AND TOUGHNESS; STRUCTURAL ARCHITECTURE;

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

EID: 80054894161     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3115     Document Type: Article

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