Simple and accurate fracture toughness t
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J. J. Kruzic; S. J. Kuskowski; R. O. Ritchie
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Article
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2005
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract The fracture toughness is a critical material property for the pyrolytic carbon materials used in mechanical heart‐valve prostheses; however, making accurate toughness measurements has traditionally been problematic due to difficulties in fatigue precracking specimens. In this work, a s