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Crack Deflection

Crack Deflection is a fracture mechanics mechanism in structural ceramics wherein a propagating crack changes its path due to interactions with microstructural features, thereby increasing the crack propagation resistance by reducing the local stress intensity at the crack tip.

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Crack deflection processes—I. Theory

K. T. Faber, A.G. Evans · Acta Metallurgica · 1983 · 1.4K citations

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Crack deflection at an interface between dissimilar elastic materials

Mingyuan He, John W. Hutchinson · International Journal of Solids and Structures · 1989 · 1.4K citations

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Nanoscale Structural and Mechanical Characterization of a Natural Nanocomposite Material:  The Shell of Red Abalone

Xiaodong Li, Wei-Che Chang, Yuh J. Chao et al. · Nano Letters · 2004 · 589 citations

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Toughening of a Particulate‐Reinforced Ceramic‐Matrix Composite by Thermal Residual Stress

Minoru Taya, Shinya Hayashi, A. S. Kobayashi et al. · Journal of the American Ceramic Society · 1990 · 509 citations

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Crack deflection processes—II. Experiment

K. T. Faber, A.G. Evans · Acta Metallurgica · 1983 · 460 citations

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Authors

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  1. RO
    Robert O. Ritchie

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    9 publications · 701 citations

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  2. DL
    Dominique Leguillon

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    8 publications · 320 citations

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  3. EM
    E. Martin

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    8 publications · 406 citations

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  4. DS
    Dov Sherman

    Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

    5 publications · 134 citations

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  5. FW
    Frank W. Zok

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    5 publications · 511 citations

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Institutions

591

  1. American Ceramic Society

    Westerville, United States

    36 h-index

    128 publications

    10.3K citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    14 h-index

    81 publications

    5.4K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    12 h-index

    30 publications

    1.6K citations

  4. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    12 h-index

    28 publications

    5.6K citations

  5. Harbin Institute of Technology

    Harbin, China

    11 h-index

    56 publications

    1.7K citations

  6. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    11 h-index

    25 publications

    1.9K citations

  7. Central South University

    Changsha, China

    10 h-index

    49 publications

    2.4K citations

  8. Northwestern Polytechnical University

    Xi'an, China

    10 h-index

    38 publications

    1.3K citations

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  1. Journal of the American Ceramic Society

    88 publications · 5.4K citations

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  2. Engineering Fracture Mechanics

    17 publications · 385 citations

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  3. International Journal of Fracture

    15 publications · 469 citations

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  5. Journal of the European Ceramic Society

    11 publications · 496 citations

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