On the toughening of brittle materials by grain bridging: promoting intergranular fracture through grain angle, strength, and toughness

DOI10.1016/j.jmps.2007.12.006zbMath1171.74415OpenAlexW2150644065MaRDI QIDQ731076

R. O. Ritchie, Patrick A. Klein, George C. Johnson, James W. III Foulk

Publication date: 1 October 2009

Published in: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc895704/

zbMATH Keywords

finite elementsceramicsfracture toughnesscrack bridgingfracture mechanisms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Brittle fracture (74R10) Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05) Granularity (74E20)

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