Indentation Strength

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• “Dynamic Fragmentation Patterns in Flexed Ceramic Discs,” R.F. Cook, Zenodo. (2021).
• “Toughness and strength of Cordierite glass ceramic-Silicon Nitride whisker composites,” R.F. Cook, Zenodo. (2021).

Key Work

(Invited Feature Article — Sosman Award Paper) “Multi-Scale Effects in the Strength of Ceramics,” R.F. Cook, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 98 (2015) 2933-2947.

Topical Works

• “Refinement and application of a modified indentation toughness technique,” R.F. Cook, Zenodo. (2020).
• “Blunt scratch strength of polycrystalline alumina,” R.F. Cook, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 101 (2018) 16-19.
• “Fracture Mechanics of the Scratch Strength of Polycrystalline Alumina,” R.F. Cook, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 100 (2017) 1146-1160.
• “Strength Variability in Brittle Materials with Stabilizing and Destabilizing Resistance Fields,” R. Tandon, D.J. Green, and R.F. Cook, Acta metall. 41 (1993) 399-408.
• “The Effect of Lateral Crack Growth on the Strength of Contact Flaws in Brittle Materials,” R.F. Cook and D.H. Roach, J. Mat. Res. 1 (1986) 589-600.
• “A Modified Indentation Toughness Technique,” R.F. Cook and B.R. Lawn, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 66 (1983) C200-C201.
• “Effect of Machining Damage on the Strength of a Glass-Ceramic,” R.F. Cook, B.R. Lawn, T.P. Dabbs and P. Chantikul, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 64 (1981) C121-C122.