… generation of tough and strong ceramics, which are currently being … involved in transformation
toughening are relatively well … the current understanding of transformation toughening in a …

… Toughening is associated with crack advance and is due to the wake of transformed particles
… Detailed calculations for the toughening are made over a wide range of possible material …

… ceramic. There are several microstructural approaches that can be taken to achieve toughening
… systems, and a number of different toughening mechanisms can operate, either singly or …

… process is based on the ZrO2 transformation, have been used in many materials … of
transformation toughening and the microstructural features that are essential for such toughening to …

… needed to satisfy the requirement for transformation toughening, namely that the tetragonal
… , but transform in the stress field of the crack. An understanding of the toughening mechanics …

… — the tetragonal to monoclinic transformation in zirconia in particular. This martensitic
transformation is the key to transformation toughening in zirconia ceramics. A very considerable …

… that R curves for transformationtoughened ceramics of different … Transformation toughening
as a paradigm has radically and permanently affected how we think about structural ceramics…

… by inducing a martensitic transformation in the stress field of the … transformations pertinent
to this toughening process are examined in this paper. A generalized model of the toughening …

… The micromechanics of transformation toughening is understood in … of transformation-;
toughened ceramic systems now known are still being debated. The least ambiguous toughening …

… This review describes the recent developments and salient features of toughening … -containing
ceramics that have become known gen erically as transformation toughening ceramics …