Damage-tolerant Zr-Cu-Al-based bulk metallic glasses with record-breaking fracture toughness

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 29, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 1489-1499

  Xu, Jian ^a   Ma, Evan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CRACK TIPS; CRACKS; DAMAGE TOLERANCE; GLASS; MATERIALS TESTING; STANDARDS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; ZIRCONIUM; CRACK PROPAGATION; FITS AND TOLERANCES; FRACTURE; HIGH STRENGTH ALLOYS; METALLIC GLASS; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

ALLOY COMPOSITIONS; AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS; BULK METALLIC GLASS; GLASS FORMING ABILITY; MECHANICAL DESIGN PARAMETERS; PRECRACKED SPECIMENS; SHEAR TRANSFORMATION; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; R-CURVES;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 84905641533     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2014.160     Document Type: Review

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