Fracture testing of nanoscale thin films inside the transmission electron microscope

International Journal of Applied Mechanics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 745-758

  Kumar, Sandeep ^a   Haque, M A ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture mechanisms; fracture toughness; stress intensity factor; thin film deformation

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS AND SENSORS; ALUMINUM THIN FILMS; AVERAGE GRAIN SIZE; BOUNDARY SLIDING; CONCENTRATION FACTORS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISLOCATION MOTION; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; FAR-FIELD STRESS; FILM DEFORMATIONS; FRACTURE MECHANISMS; FRACTURE PROPERTY; GRAIN ROTATION; GRAIN SIZE; IN-SITU; MICRO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL; NANOSCALE THIN FILMS; NOTCHED SPECIMENS; STRESS INTENSITY; THIN FILM DEFORMATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE;

CAPILLARY FLOW; DEFORMATION; EXPERIMENTS; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAIN BOUNDARY SLIDING; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; THIN FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FRACTURE;

EID: 83455250385     PISSN: 17588251     EISSN: 1758826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1758825110000731     Document Type: Article

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