Tensile strength and toughness of partially sintered ceramics using discrete element simulations

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 103, Issue , 2013, Pages 132-140

  Jauffrès, David ^a   Liu, Xiaoxing ^a   Martin, Christophe L ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Discrete element method; Porous ceramic; Strength; Toughness

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL STRESS INTENSITY FACTOR; DISCRETE ELEMENT SIMULATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL APPLICATIONS; POROUS CERAMICS; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENT (RVE); SINTERED CERAMIC MATERIALS; STRENGTH; STRENGTH AND TOUGHNESS;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FRACTURE; MICROSTRUCTURE; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; TOUGHNESS;

SINTERING;

EID: 84876733927     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2012.09.031     Document Type: Article

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