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Relation of Load to Radial Crack Length for Spherical Indentations in Hot‐Pressed ZnS
Author(s) -
KIRCHNER HENRY P.,
RAGOSTA JOHN A.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1983.tb15717.x
Subject(s) - indentation , materials science , composite material , geometry , mineralogy , mathematics , geology
Hot‐pressed ZnS was indented by spherical indenters of various radii. The relation of the load (P) and radial crack length ( c r ) was better modeled by Pαic r ½ , where d i is the indentation diameter, than by Pαc r 3/2 .