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ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn , Issue 1409, 2002, Pages 76-92

  Quinn, George D ^a   Xu, Kang ^b   Gettings, Robert J ^a   Salem, Jonathan A ^c   Swab, Jeffrey J ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MC 9 00   (United States)

^c NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceramics; Chevron notch; Fracture toughness; Precracked beam; Reference material; Round robin; Surface crack in flexure; VAMAS

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; BRITTLENESS; CRACKS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; OPTIMIZATION; TEMPERATURE; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

CHEVRON NOTCH; PRECRACKED BEAMS; REFERENCE MATERIAL; ROUND ROBIN; SURFACE CRACK IN FLEXURE;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 8844238391     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp10472s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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