• Fracture and fatigue behavior of cement carbides:3D focused ion beam tomography of crack-microstructure interactions 

      Tarragó Cifre, Jose María; Jiménez Piqué, Emilio; Turón Viñas, Miquel; Rivero, Lorenzo; Al-Dawery, Ihsan; Schneider, Ludwig; Llanes Pitarch, Luis Miguel (2014-09-01)
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      The fracture and fatigue phenomena in WC-cobalt cemented carbides (hard-metals) have been subjects extensively investigated in the last 30 years. From these studies, it is well established that the metallic binder phase ...
    • Fracture toughness of cemented carbides: Testing method and microstructural effects 

      Sheikh, Saad; M'Saoubi, Rachid; Flasar, Petr; Schwind, Martin; Persson, Tomas; Yang, Jing; Llanes Pitarch, Luis Miguel (2015-03-01)
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      Fracture toughness is one the most important parameters for design applications and performance assessment of WC-Co cemented carbides (hardmetals). Different from hardness, fracture toughness is commonly a property more ...