Subcritical crack growth in Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramics under biaxial loading

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 100, Issue , 2013, Pages 108-121

  Bermejo, R ^a   Supancic, P ^a,b   Krautgasser, C ^b   Morrell, R ^a,c   Danzer, R ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT FÜR STRUKTUR UND FUNKTIONSKERAMIK   (Austria)

^b MATERIALS CENTER LEOBEN FORSCHUNG GMBH   (Austria)

^c NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmentally assisted cracking; Failure assessment; Fracture mechanics; Lifetime prediction; Low Temperature Co fired Ceramics

Indexed keywords

BIAXIAL STRENGTH; CRACK-GROWTH MECHANISMS; ENVIRONMENTALLY ASSISTED CRACKING; FAILURE ASSESSMENT; LIFETIME PREDICTION; LOW TEMPERATURE CO-FIRED CERAMICS; SPECIMEN SURFACES; SUBCRITICAL CRACK GROWTH;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; TEMPERATURE;

CRACKS;

EID: 84875621973     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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