Abstract: In ferroelectroelastic ceramics, the process of fracture is accompanied by significant inelastic deformation due to domain switching. This leads to an apparent toughening of the material, which is known as Rcurve behavior. ...

Abstract: Recent experiments in which arrays of compliant fibrils are compressed axially against a rigid surface and then released have shown that there is loaddisplacement hysteresis during this process, accompanied by buckling and ...