Experimental Crack Front Investigation of Unpoled Soft Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) Using the Single Edge V-Notched Beam (SEVNB) Method

Experimental Mechanics

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1565-1568

  Ozcoban H ^a   Salikov, V ^a   Jelitto, H ^a   Schneider, G A ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Curved crack front; Fracture toughness; Lead zirconate titanate (PZT); SEVNB method

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; LEAD ZIRCONATE TITANATE; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS;

APPLIED FORCES; CHARACTERISTIC SHAPES; CRACK FRONTS; CURVED CRACK; CURVED SHAPES; SEVNB-METHOD; SINGLE-EDGE V-NOTCHED BEAMS; STRAIGHT CRACK; LEAD ZIRCONATE TITANATE;

CRACKS;

EID: 84869100432     PISSN: 00144851     EISSN: 17412765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11340-012-9599-z     Document Type: Article

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