Flexural strength and defect behaviour of polygranular graphite under different states of stress

Carbon

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 325-336

  Mostafavi, M ^a   McDonald, S A ^b   Cetinel H ^a,c   Mummery, P M ^b   Marrow, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK OPENING BEHAVIOURS; DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATIONS; DIGITAL VOLUME CORRELATIONS; EFFECT OF STRESS STATE; INELASTIC DEFORMATION; POLYGRANULAR GRAPHITES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLACEMENTS; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACK TIPS; CRACKS; FRACTURE; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; GRAPHITE; LOADING; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; SURFACE DEFECTS; SURFACES;

STRESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 84877707932     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.03.025     Document Type: Article

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