Prior to any practical application, brittle material components may need to be machined to a
high degree of precision in order to avoid functional breakdown as well as to maintain …

A casual metallurgist might be forgiven in believing that there are but a few basic types of
steels used in the manufacture of some of the most technologically important engineering …

Indentation, owing to its ability to induce permanent deformation in a controlled manner
even in highly brittle materials that are otherwise not amenable to critical mechanical testing …

抄録< jats: p> This is an advanced text for higher degree materials science students and
researchers concerned with the strength of highly brittle covalent–ionic solids, principally …

A Comprehensive and Self-Contained Treatment of the Theory and Practical Applications of
Ceramic Materials When failure occurs in ceramic materials, it is often catastrophic …

The discipline of fracture mechanics was born almost a century ago through the pioneering
work of AA Griffith, and saw particularly rapid growth in the second half of 20th century when …

Grinding offers capabilities that range from high-rate material removal to high-precision
superfinishing, and has become one of the most widely used industrial machining and …

The Vickers indentation fracture toughness test, or VIF, is addressed by considering its
origins and the numerous equations that have been applied along with the technique to …

Hard and brittle solids with covalent/ionic bonding are used in a wide range of modern‐day
manufacturing technologies. Optimization of a shaping process can shorten manufacturing …

In this article we review the nature and mechanics of damage induced in ceramics by
spherical indenters, from the classical studies of Hertz over a century ago to the present day …