Diametral compression of a grooved, disc shaped specimen is used to determine fracture toughness. This method's most important features are that extremely small specimens can be used and no knowledge of material properties is needed. It is suitable for many brittle materials, e.g. glass, cemented ca
On the use of small specimens in the measurement of the fracture toughness for brittle materials
โ Scribed by G. De With; N. Hattu
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 175 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-2461
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