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Journal articles

Launey ME; Busch R; Kruzic JJ, 2006, 'Influence of structural relaxation on the fatigue behavior of a Zr 41.25Ti13.75Ni10Cu12.5Be 22.5 bulk amorphous alloy', Scripta Materialia, 54, pp. 483 - 487, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2005.09.048

Kruzic JJ; Kuskowski SJ; Ritchie RO, 2005, 'Simple and accurate fracture toughness testing methods for pyrolytic carbon/graphite composites used in heart-valve prostheses', Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A, 74, pp. 461 - 464, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbm.a.30380

Kruzic JJ; Cannon RM; Ritchie RO, 2005, 'Effects of moisture on grain-boundary strength, fracture, and fatigue properties of alumina', Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 88, pp. 2236 - 2245, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1551-2916.2005.00434.x

Nalla RK; Kruzic JJ; Kinney JH; Ritchie RO, 2005, 'Aspects of in vitro fatigue in human cortical bone: Time and cycle dependent crack growth', Biomaterials, 26, pp. 2183 - 2195, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2004.05.024

Kruzic JJ; Cannon RM; Ager JW; Ritchie RO, 2005, 'Fatigue threshold R-curves for predicting reliability of ceramics under cyclic loading', Acta Materialia, 53, pp. 2595 - 2605, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2005.02.018

Ritchie RO; Kinney JH; Kruzic JJ; Nalla RK, 2005, 'A fracture mechanics and mechanistic approach to the failure of cortical bone', Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, 28, pp. 345 - 371, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2695.2005.00878.x

Kruzic JJ; Nalla RK; Kinney JH; Ritchie RO, 2005, 'Mechanistic aspects of in vitro fatigue-crack growth in dentin', Biomaterials, 26, pp. 1195 - 1204, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2004.04.051

Kruzic JJ; Schneibel JH; Ritchie RO, 2005, 'Ambient- to elevated-temperature fracture and fatigue properties of Mo-Si-B alloys: Role of microstructure', Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, 36, pp. 2393 - 2402, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11661-005-0112-5

Nalla RK; Balooch M; Ager JW; Kruzic JJ; Kinney JH; Ritchie RO, 2005, 'Effects of polar solvents on the fracture resistance of dentin: Role of water hydration', Acta Biomaterialia, 1, pp. 31 - 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2004.08.002

Nalla RK; Kruzic JJ; Kinney JH; Ritchie RO, 2005, 'Mechanistic aspects of fracture and R-curve behavior in human cortical bone', Biomaterials, 26, pp. 217 - 231, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2004.02.017

Schneibel JH; Brady MP; Kruzic JJ; Ritchie RO, 2005, 'On the improvement of the ductility of molybdenum by spinel (MgAl 2O4) particles', Zeitschrift fuer Metallkunde/Materials Research and Advanced Techniques, 96, pp. 632 - 637, http://dx.doi.org/10.3139/146.101081

Schneibel JH; Ritchie RO; Kruzic JJ; Tortorelli PF, 2005, 'Optimizaton of Mo-Si-B intermetallic alloys', Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, 36, pp. 525 - 531, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11661-005-0166-4

Imbeni V; Kruzic JJ; Marshall GW; Marshall SJ; Ritchie RO, 2005, 'The dentin-enamel junction and the fracture of human teeth', Nature Materials, 4, pp. 229 - 232, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmat1323

Ritchie RO; Kruzic JJ; Muhlstein CL; Nalla RK; Stach EA, 2004, 'Characteristic dimensions and the micro-mechanisms of fracture and fatigue in 'nano' and 'bio' materials', International Journal of Fracture, 128, pp. 1 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:FRAC.0000040958.04896.43

Nalla RK; Kruzic JJ; Ritchie RO, 2004, 'On the origin of the toughness of mineralized tissue: Microcracking or crack bridging?', Bone, 34, pp. 790 - 798, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2004.02.001

Kruzic JJ; Schneibel JH; Ritchie RO, 2004, 'Fracture and fatigue resistance of Mo-Si-B alloys for ultrahigh-temperature structural applications', Scripta Materialia, 50, pp. 459 - 464, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2003.11.002

Kruzic JJ; Cannon RM; Ritchie RO, 2004, 'Crack-size effects on cyclic and monotonic crack growth in polycrystalline alumina: Quantification of the role of grain bridging', Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 87, pp. 93 - 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1551-2916.2004.00093.x

Nalla RK; Kruzic JJ; Kinney JH; Ritchie RO, 2004, 'Effect of aging on the toughness of human cortical bone: Evaluation by R-curves', Bone, 35, pp. 1240 - 1246, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2004.07.016

Kruzic JJ; McNaney JM; Cannon RM; Ritchie RO, 2004, 'Effects of plastic constraint on the cyclic and static fatigue behavior of metal/ceramic layered structures', Mechanics of Materials, 36, pp. 57 - 72, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0167-6636(03)00031-0

Yuan R; Kruzic JJ; Zhang XF; De Jonghe LC; Ritchie RO, 2003, 'Ambient to high-temperature fracture toughness and cyclic fatigue behavior in Al-containing silicon carbide ceramics', Acta Materialia, 51, pp. 6477 - 6491, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2003.08.038

Kruzic JJ; Nalla RK; Kinney JH; Ritchie RO, 2003, 'Crack blunting, crack bridging and resistance-curve fracture mechanics in dentin: Effect of hydration', Biomaterials, 24, pp. 5209 - 5221, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0142-9612(03)00458-7

Kruzic JJ; Ritchie RO, 2003, 'Determining the toughness of ceramics from vickers indentations using the crack-opening displacements: An experimental study', Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 86, pp. 1433 - 1436, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1151-2916.2003.tb03490.x

Kruzic JJ; Marks RA; Yoshiya M; Glaeser AM; Cannon RM; Ritchie RO, 2002, 'Fracture and fatigue behavior at ambient and elevated temperatures of alumina bonded with copper/niobium/copper interlayers', Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 85, pp. 2531 - 2541, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1151-2916.2002.tb00491.x

Kruzic JJ; Campbell JP; Ritchie RO, 1999, 'On the fatigue behavior of γ-based titanium aluminides: Role of small cracks', Acta Materialia, 47, pp. 801 - 816, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1359-6454(98)00409-1

Campbell JP; Kruzic JJ; Lillibridge S; Venkateswara Rao KT; Ritchie RO, 1997, 'On the growth of small fatigue cracks in γ-based titanium aluminides', Scripta Materialia, 37, pp. 707 - 712, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1359-6462(97)00154-1


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