Temperature-dependent mechanical and long crack behavior of zirconium diboride-silicon carbide composite

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3453-3462

  Bird, Marc W ^a   Aune, Robert P ^a   Thomas, Alfred F ^a   Becher, Paul F ^b   White, Kenneth W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

Composites; Diborides; Fracture; Mechanical properties; Toughness; UHTC

Indexed keywords

BEAM GEOMETRY; CARBIDE COMPOSITES; DIBORIDES; FLEXURE STRENGTH; FRACTURE MECHANISMS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; HOT PRESSING TEMPERATURE; INITIATION ZONE; INTERGRANULAR FRACTURE; LONG CRACKS; MODULUS OF RUPTURE; R-CURVE BEHAVIOR; R-CURVES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SINTERING AID; STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TRANSGRANULAR FRACTURE; UHTC; ULTRA-HIGH-TEMPERATURE CERAMICS;

BILLETS (METAL BARS); BORIDES; BORON CARBIDE; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRACK TIPS; CRACKS; HOT PRESSING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SILICON CARBIDE; SINTERING; STIFFNESS; TEXTURES; TOUGHNESS; WAKES; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 84862507484     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2012.03.029     Document Type: Article

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