Effect of Contact Damage on the Strength of Ceramic Materials.

Abstract : Contents: Indentation Analysis: Applications in the Strength and Wear of Brittle Materials; Dynamic Fatigue of Brittle Materials Containing Indentation Line Flaws; Controlled Indentation Flaws for Construction of Toughness and Fatigue Master Maps; Fatigue Properties of Ceramics with Natural and Controlled Flaws: A Study on Alumina; Subthreshold Indentation Flaws in the Study of Fatigue Properties of Ultra-High Strength Glass; Kinetics of Shear-Activated Indentation Crack Initiation in Soda-Lime Glass; Universal Fatigue Curves for Ceramics Using Indentation Flaws; and A Modified Indentation Toughness Technique.