Mechanical Properties of Materials Laboratory

Mechanical properties of commercially available nylon sutures in the United States, Callahan, T. L., Lear W., Kruzic J. J., and Maughan C. B. , Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials, Volume 105, Issue 4, p.815-819, (2017)

On the growth of small fatigue cracks in gamma-based titanium aluminides, Campbell, J. P., Kruzic J. J., Lillibridge S., Rao K. T. V., and Ritchie R. O. , Scripta Materialia, Sep, Volume 37, Number 5, p.707-712, (1997)

Fracture toughness of Co₄Sb₁₂ and In_0.1Co₄Sb₁₂ thermoelectric skutterudites evaluated by three methods, Eilertsen, J., Subramanian M. A., and Kruzic J. J. , Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Mar, Volume 552, p.492-498, (2013)

The effect of low-temperature structural relaxation on free volume and chemical short-range ordering in a Au₄₉Cu_26.9Si_16.3Ag_5.5Pd_2.3 bulk metallic glass, Evenson, Z., Koschine T., Wei S., Gross O., Bednarcik J., Gallino I., Kruzic J. J., Raetzke K., Faupel F., and Busch R. , Scripta Materialia, Volume 103, p.14-17, (2015)

beta relaxation and low-temperature aging in a Au-based bulk metallic glass: From elastic properties to atomic-scale structure, Evenson, Z., Naleway S. E., Wei S., Gross O., Kruzic J. J., Gallino I., Possart W., Stommel M., and Busch R. , Physical Review B, May, Volume 89, Number 17, p.174204, (2014)

First- and second-order approaches for the direct determination of bridging stresses from R-curves, Fuenfschilling, S., Fett T., Gallops S. E., Kruzic J. J., Oberacker R., and Hoffmann M. J. , Journal of the European Ceramic Society, Apr, Volume 30, Number 6, p.1229-1236, (2010)

Crack-Tip Toughness from Vickers Crack-Tip Opening Displacements for Materials with Strongly Rising R-Curves, Fuenfschilling, S., Fett T., Oberacker R., Hoffmann M. J., Schneider G. A., Becher P. F., and Kruzic J. J. , Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Jun, Volume 94, Number 6, p.1884-1892, (2011)

R-Curves from Compliance and Optical Crack-Length Measurements, Fuenfschilling, S., Fett T., Oberacker R., Hoffmann M. J., Oezcoban H., Jelitto H., Schneider G. A., and Kruzic J. J. , Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Sep, Volume 93, Number 9, p.2814-2821, (2010)

Mechanisms of toughening in silicon nitrides: The roles of crack bridging and microstructure, Fuenfschilling, S., Fett T., Hoffmann M. J., Oberacker R., Schwind T., Wippler J., Boehlke T., Oezcoban H., Schneider G. A., Becher P. F., et al. , Acta Materialia, Jun, Volume 59, Number 10, p.3978-3989, (2011)

Fatigue Threshold R-Curve Behavior of Grain Bridging Ceramics: Role of Grain Size and Grain-Boundary Adhesion, Gallops, S., Fett T., and Kruzic J. J. , Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Aug, Volume 94, Number 8, p.2556-2561, (2011)

Fatigue threshold R-curves predict small crack fatigue behavior of bridging toughened materials, Gallops, S., Fett T., Ager J. W., and Kruzic J. J. , Acta Materialia, Dec, Volume 59, Number 20, p.7654-7661, (2011)

Fatigue Reliability Predictions for Crack Bridging Materials, Gallops, S., and Kruzic J. J. , ASME 2011 Turbo Expo: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition, p.163–167, (2011)

Size-dependent fracture toughness of bulk metallic glasses, Gludovatz, B., Naleway S. E., Ritchie R. O., and Kruzic J. J. , Acta Materialia, May, Volume 70, p.198-207, (2014)

Fatigue Threshold R-curves Predict Fatigue Endurance Strength for Self-Reinforced Silicon Nitride, Greene, R. B., Fuenfschilling S., Fett T., Hoffmann M. J., and Kruzic J. J. , Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Feb, Volume 97, Number 2, p.577-583, (2014)

A direct comparison of non-destructive techniques for determining bridging stress distributions, Greene, R. B., Gallops S., Fuenfschilling S., Fett T., Hoffmann M. J., Ager J. W., and Kruzic J. J. , Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Aug, Volume 60, Number 8, p.1462-1477, (2012)

Fatigue Behavior, Bridging Stresses, and Fatigue Reliability in Silicon Nitride Ceramics, Greene, R. B., and Kruzic J. J. , ASME 2011 International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, p.65–68, (2011)

Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior of Silicon Nitride: Roles of Grain Aspect Ratio and Intergranular Film Composition, Greene, R. B., Fuenfschilling S., Fett T., Hoffmann M. J., and Kruzic J. J. , Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Jan, Volume 96, Number 1, p.259-265, (2013)

Ductility and fracture toughness of molybdenum with MgAl₂O₄ additions, Gunter, I. M., Schneibel J. H., and Kruzic J. J. , Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing, Jun, Volume 458, Number 1-2, p.275-280, (2007)

Statistical analysis of fatigue crack propagation for natural flaws in silicon nitride, Haertelt, M., Riesch-Oppermann H., Kruzic J. J., and Kraft O. , 2nd International Conference of Engineering Against Fracture, (2011)

Deducing the Fatigue Crack Growth Rates of Natural Flaws in Silicon Nitride Ceramics: Role of R-Curves, Haertelt, M., Fuenfschilling S., Schwind T., Riesch-Oppermann H., Fett T., and Kruzic J. J. , Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Aug, Volume 96, Number 8, p.2593-2597, (2013)

The dentin-enamel junction and the fracture of human teeth, Imbeni, V., Kruzic J. J., Marshall G. W., Marshall S. J., and Ritchie R. O. , Nature Materials, Mar, Volume 4, Number 3, p.229-232, (2005)

Bioactive glass fillers reduce bacterial penetration into marginal gaps for composite restorations, Khvostenko, D., Hilton T. J., Ferracane J. L., Mitchell J. C., and Kruzic J. J. , Dental Materials, Volume 32, Issue 1, p.73-81, (2016)

Mechanical performance of novel bioactive glass containing dental restorative composites, Khvostenko, D., Mitchell J. C., Hilton T. J., Ferracane J. L., and Kruzic J. J. , Dental Materials, Nov, Volume 29, Number 11, p.1139-1148, (2013)

Cyclic mechanical loading promotes bacterial penetration along composite restoration marginal gaps., Khvostenko, D, Salehi S, Naleway S E., Hilton T J., Ferracane J L., Mitchell J C., and Kruzic J J. , Dental Materials, Volume 31, Issue 6, p.702-710, (2015)

The utility of R-curves for understanding fracture toughness-strength relations in bridging ceramics, Kruzic, J. J., Satet R. L., Hoffmann M. J., Cannon R. M., and Ritchie R. O. , Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Jun, Volume 91, Number 6, p.1986-1994, (2008)

Bulk Metallic Glasses as Structural Materials: A Review, Kruzic, J. J. , Advanced Engineering Materials, Volume 18, Issue 8, p.1308–1331, (2016)

Fracture Properties of Cortical Bone and Dentin, Kruzic, J. J., Nalla R. K., Ritchie R. O., and Kinney J. H. , Bioceramics: Materials and Applications V, Ceramic Transactions, Volume 164, p.53–62, (2005)

Understanding the Problem of Fatigue in Bulk Metallic Glasses, Kruzic, J. J. , Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A-Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, Jun, Volume 42A, Number 6, p.1516-1523, (2011)

Fatigue of bridging ceramics: Understanding crack size effects, Kruzic, J. J., Cannon R. M., and Ritchie R. O. , 11th International Conference on Fracture, (2005)

Mechanistic aspects of in vitro fatigue-crack growth in dentin, Kruzic, J. J., Nalla R. K., Kinney J. H., and Ritchie R. O. , Biomaterials, Apr, Volume 26, Number 10, p.1195-1204, (2005)

Effects of moisture on grain-boundary strength, fracture, and fatigue properties of alumina, Kruzic, J. J., Cannon R. M., and Ritchie R. O. , Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Aug, Volume 88, Number 8, p.2236-2245, (2005)

Fatigue of mineralized tissues: Cortical bone and dentin, Kruzic, J. J., and Ritchie R. O. , Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, Jan, Volume 1, Number 1, p.3-17, (2008)

Understanding Crack Size Effects during Fatigue of Extrinsically Toughened Materials, Kruzic, J. J. , 12th International Conference on Fracture, Ottawa, Canada, (2009)

Predicting Fatigue Failures, Kruzic, J. J. , Science, Jul, Volume 325, Number 5937, p.156-158, (2009)

Effects of plastic constraint on the cyclic and static fatigue behavior of metal/ceramic layered structures, Kruzic, J. J., McNaney J. M., Cannon R. M., and Ritchie R. O. , Mechanics of Materials, Jan-Feb, Volume 36, Number 1-2, p.57-72, (2004)

Propagation of surface fatigue cracks in human cortical bone, Kruzic, J. J., Scott J. A., Nalla R. K., and Ritchie R. O. , Journal of Biomechanics, Volume 39, Number 5, p.968-972, (2006)

Determining worst-case fatigue thresholds for grain-bridging ceramics, Kruzic, J. J., Yuan R., Cannon R. M., and Ritchie R. O. , Materials Lifetime Science & Engineering, TMS Annual Meeting, p.61–68, (2002)

Crack-size effects on cyclic and monotonic crack growth in polycrystalline alumina: Quantification of the role of grain bridging, Kruzic, J. J., Cannon R. M., and Ritchie R. O. , Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Jan, Volume 87, Number 1, p.93-103, (2004)

The contrasting role of microstructure in influencing fracture and fatigue-crack growth in gamma-based titanium aluminides at large and small crack sizes, Kruzic, J. J., Campbell J. P., McKelvey A. L., Choe H., and Ritchie R. O. , Gamma Titanium Aluminides 1999, TMS Annual Meeting, (1999)

Comments on "Measurement of the microstructural fracture toughness of cortical bone using indentation fracture", Kruzic, J. J., and Ritchie R. O. , Journal of Biomechanics, Volume 41, Number 6, p.1379-1380, (2008)

Fatigue Threshold R-curves for the Analysis of Short Fatigue Cracks, Kruzic, J. J. , Fatigue Crack Growth: Mechanisms, Behavior and Analysis, (2012)

Crack blunting, crack bridging and resistance-curve fracture mechanics in dentin: effect of hydration, Kruzic, J., Nalla R. K., Kinney J. H., and Ritchie R. O. , Biomaterials, Dec, Volume 24, Number 28, p.5209-5221, (2003)

Fracture and fatigue behavior at ambient and elevated temperatures of alumina bonded with copper/niobium/copper interlayers, Kruzic, J. J., Marks R. A., Yoshiya M., Glaeser A. M., Cannon R. M., and Ritchie R. O. , Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Oct, Volume 85, Number 10, p.2531-2541, (2002)

Ambient- to elevated-temperature fracture and fatigue properties of Mo-Si-B alloys: Role of microstructure, Kruzic, J. J., Schneibel J. H., and Ritchie R. O. , Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A-Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, Sep, Volume 36A, Number 9, p.2393-2402, (2005)

Fatigue threshold R-curves for predicting reliability of ceramics under cyclic loading, Kruzic, J. J., Cannon R. M., Ager J. W., and Ritchie R. O. , Acta Materialia, May, Volume 53, Number 9, p.2595-2605, (2005)

Fatigue of bulk metallic glasses: Role of free volume, Kruzic, J. J., Launey M. E., and Busch R. , Bulk Metallic Glasses, TMS Annual Meeting, p.45-50, (2006)

Fatigue Threshold R-curves for Reliability Predictions in Bridging Materials, Kruzic, J. J., Cannon R. M., and Ritchie R. O. , 9th International Fatigue Congress, Atlanta, GA, (2006)

Kitagawa-Takahashi diagrams define the limiting conditions for cyclic fatigue failure in human dentin, Kruzic, J. J., and Ritchie R. O. , Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, Dec, Volume 79A, Number 3, p.747-751, (2006)

Fatigue-crack propagation in gamma-based titanium aluminide alloys at large and small crack sizes, Kruzic, J. J., Campbell J. P., and Ritchie R. O. , High-Temperature Ordered Intermetallics VIII, MRS Symposium Proceedings, Volume 552, p.KK2–3, (1999)

Role of microstructure in promoting fracture and fatigue resistance in Mo-Si-B alloys, Kruzic, J. J., Schneibel J. H., and Ritchie R. O. , Integrative and Interdisciplinary Aspects of Intermetallics, MRS Symposium Proceedings, Volume 842, p.303-308, (2005)