Mechanical Properties of Materials Laboratory

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)

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)

On the improvement of the ductility of molybdenum by spinel (MgAl₂O₄) particles, Schneibel, J. H., Brady M. P., Kruzic J. J., and Ritchie R. O. , Zeitschrift Fur Metallkunde, Jun, Volume 96, Number 6, p.632-637, (2005)

Effects of Inclusions in HSLA Carbon Steel on Pitting Corrosion in CaCl₂, Ziomek-Moroz, M., Bullard S., Rozman K., and Kruzic J. , ECS Transactions, Volume 35, Number 17, p.11-20, (2011)

Laboratory evaluation approaches to materials selection for ultra-deep well drilling applications, Ziomek-Moroz, M., Alman D. E., and Kruzic J. J. , NACE Northern Area Western Conference, (2009)

Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior of Nickel-base Superalloy Haynes 282 at 550-750 °C, Rozman, K. A., Kruzic J. J., and Hawk J. A. , Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Volume 24, Issue 8, p.2814-2846, (2015)

Fatigue Crack Growth Mechanisms for Nickel-based Superalloy Haynes 282 at 550-750 °C, Rozman, K. A., Kruzic J. J., Sears J. S., and Hawk J. A. , Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Volume 24, Issue 10, p.3699-3707, (2015)

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)

On the fatigue behavior of gamma-based titanium aluminides: Role of small cracks, Kruzic, J. J., Campbell J. P., and Ritchie R. O. , Acta Materialia, Feb, Volume 47, Number 3, p.801-816, (1999)

Fracture and fatigue resistance of Mo-Si-B alloys for ultrahigh-temperature structural applications, Kruzic, J. J., Schneibel J. H., and Ritchie R. O. , Scripta Materialia, Feb, Volume 50, Number 4, p.459-464, (2004)

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)

Optimizaton of Mo-Si-B intermetallic alloys, Schneibel, J. H., Ritchie R. O., Kruzic J. J., and Tortorelli P. F. , Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A-Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, Mar, Volume 36A, Number 3, p.525-531, (2005)

Optimization of Mo-Si-B Intermetallics, Schneibel, J. H., Tortorelli P. F., Kramer M. J., Thom A. J., Kruzic J. J., and Ritchie R. O. , Defect Properties and Related Phenomena in Intermetallic Alloys, MRS Symposium Proceedings, Volume 753, p.BB2–2, (2003)

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)

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)

Mo-Si-B alloy development, Schneibel, J. H., Kruzic J. J., and Ritchie R. O. , 18th Annual Conference on Fossil Energy Materials, Knoxville, TN, (2004)

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)

Mo-Si-B alloy development, Schneibel, J. H., Brady M. P., III H. M. Meyer, Horton J. A., Kruzic J. J., and Ritchie R. O. , 19th Annual Conference on Fossil Energy Materials, Knoxville, TN, (2005)

Development of ultra-high temperature molybdenum borosilicides, Schneibel, J. H., Kruzic J. J., and Ritchie R. O. , 20th Annual Conference on Fossil Energy Materials, Knoxville, TN, (2006)

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)

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)

Time dependent debonding of aluminum/alumina interfaces under cyclic and static loading, Kruzic, J. J., McNaney J. M., Cannon R. M., and Ritchie R. O. , Structure-Property Relationships of Oxide Surfaces and Interfaces, MRS Symposium Proceedings, Volume 654, p.AA4–10, (2001)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Indentation techniques for evaluating the fracture toughness of biomaterials and hard tissues, Kruzic, J. J., Kim D. K., Koester K. J., and Ritchie R. O. , Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, Aug, Volume 2, Number 4, p.384-395, (2009)

Determining the toughness of ceramics from Vickers indentations using the crack-opening displacements: An experimental study, Kruzic, J. J., and Ritchie R. O. , Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Aug, Volume 86, Number 8, p.1433-1436, (2003)

An inset CT specimen for evaluating fracture in small samples of material, Yahyazadehfar, M., Nazari A., Kruzic J. J., Quinn G. D., and Arola D. , Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, Feb, Volume 30, p.358-368, (2014)

An Experimental Assessment of Using Crack-Opening Displacements to Determine Indentation Toughness from Vickers Indents, Kruzic, J. J., and Ritchie R. O. , Indentation Techniques in Ceramic Materials Characterization, Ceramic Transactions, Volume 156, p.83–91, (2004)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Simple and accurate fracture toughness testing methods for pyrolytic carbon/graphite composites used in heart-valve prostheses, Kruzic, J. J., Kuskowski S. J., and Ritchie R. O. , Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, Sep, Volume 74A, Number 3, p.461-464, (2005)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Fracture and fatigue resistance of Mo-Si-B alloys for ultrahigh-temperature structural applications, Kruzic, J. J., Schneibel J. H., and Ritchie R. O. , Scripta Materialia, Feb, Volume 50, Number 4, p.459-464, (2004)

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)

Detection of dentinal cracks using contrast-enhanced micro-computed tomography, Landrigan, M. D., Flatley J. C., Turnbull T. L., Kruzic J. J., Ferracane J. L., Hilton T. J., and Roeder R. K. , Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, Feb, Volume 3, Number 2, p.223-227, (2010)

Effects of free volume changes and residual stresses on the fatigue and fracture behavior of a Zr-Ti-Ni-Cu-Be bulk metallic glass, Launey, M. E., Busch R., and Kruzic J. J. , Acta Materialia, Feb, Volume 56, Number 3, p.500-510, (2008)

Effects of polar solvents on the fracture resistance of dentin: role of water hydration, Nalla, R. K., Balooch M., Ager J. W., Kruzic J. J., Kinney J. H., and Ritchie R. O. , Acta Biomaterialia, Jan, Volume 1, Number 1, p.31-43, (2005)

Role of microstructure in the aging-related deterioration of the toughness of human cortical bone, Nalla, R. K., Kruzic J. J., Kinney J. H., Balooch M., Ager J. W., and Ritchie R. O. , Materials Science & Engineering C-Biomimetic and Supramolecular Systems, Sep, Volume 26, Number 8, p.1251-1260, (2006)