SELECTED PUBLICATIONS for R. O. Ritchie (1998-1999)

• A. Kant, M. D. Drory, N. R. Moody, W. J. MoberlyChan, J. W. Ager, III< and R. O. Ritchie, "Microstructural Effects on the Hardness, Elastic Modulus and Fracture Toughness of CVD Diamond," in Thin Films – Stresses and Mechanical Properties VII, R. C. Cammarata, E. P. Brusso, M. Nastasi, and W. C. Oliver, eds., MRS Symposium Proceedings, vol. 505, Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh, PA, 1998, pp. 611-616.S.
• K.S. Ravichandran, R. O. Ritchie and Y. Murakami, eds., Small Fatigue Cracks: Mechanics, Mechanisms and Applications, Elsevier, Oxord, U.K., 1999.
• C. J. Gilbert and R. O. Ritchie, "On the Quantification of the Bridging Tractions during Subcritical Crack Growth under Monotonic and Cyclic Loading in a Grain-Bridging Silicon Carbide Ceramic", Acta Materialia, vol. 46 (2), 1998, pp. 609-616.
• W. J. MoberlyChan, J. J. Cao, C. J. Gilbert, R. O. Ritchie, and L. C. De Jonghe, "The Cubic-to-Hexagonal Transformation to Toughen SiC", in Ceramic Microstructures: Control at the Atomic Level, A. P. Tomsia and A. M. Glaeser, eds., Plenum Press, New York, NY, 1998, pp. 177-190.
• R. O. Ritchie and C. J. Gilbert, "Mechanisms of (Cyclic) Fatigue-Crack Propagation in High Temperature Ceramics", in Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Ceramic Materials and Components for Engines, Arita, Japan, K. Niihara, S. Kanzaki, K. Komeya, S. Hirano, and K. Morinaga, eds., Technoplaza Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, 1998, pp. 110-113.
• R. O. Ritchie, "Damage Tolerance in Intermetallics and Ceramics: Fracture vs. Fatigue Behavior", in Proceedings of the International Symposium on Designing, Processing, and Properties of Advanced Engine Materials (ISAEM-97), T. Kobayashi, M. Umemoto, and M. Morinaga, eds., Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Toyohashi City, Japan, AEM vol. 156, 1998, pp. 25-35.
• K. T. Venkateswara Rao, and R. O. Ritchie, "High-Temperature Fracture and Fatigue Resistance of a Ductile b-TiNb Reinforced g-TiAl Intermetallic Composite," Acta Materialia, vol. 46 (12), 1998, pp. 4167-4180.
• C. J. Gilbert and R. O. Ritchie, "Transient Fatigue Crack Behavior in a Monolithic Silicon Nitride Ceramic", Engineering Fracture Mechanics, vol. 60 (3), 1998, pp. 303-313.
• A. J. McEvily and R. O. Ritchie, "Crack Closure and the Fatigue-Crack Propagation Threshold as a Function of Load Ratio," Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures, vol. 21 (7), 1998, pp. 847-855.
• D. R. Bloyer, K. T. Venkateswara Rao, and R. O. Ritchie, "Fracture Toughness and R-Curve Behavior of Laminated Brittle-Matrix Composites," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, vol. 29A (10) Oct. 1998, pp. 2483-2496.
• V. Schroeder, C. J. Gilbert, and R. O. Ritchie, "Comparison of the Corrosion Behavior of a Bulk Amorphous Metal, Zr_41.2Ti_13.8Cu_12.5Ni₁₀Be_22.5, with its Crystallized Form," Scripta Materialia, vol. 38 (10), 1998, pp. 1481-1485.
• B. L. Boyce and R. O. Ritchie, "Lower-Bound Thresholds for Fatigue-Crack Propagation under High-Cycle Fatigue Conditions in Ti-6Al-4V," in Proceedings of the Third National Turbine Engine High Cycle Fatigue Conference, W. A. Stange and J. Henderson, eds., Universal Technoloy Corp., Dayton, OH, CD-Rom, 1998, CD-Rom, session 5, pp. 11-18.
• J. P. Campbell, A. W. Thompson, R. O. Ritchie, and D. L. Davidson, "Microstructural Effects on Small-Crack Propagation in Ti-6Al-4V under High-Cycle Fatigue Conditions," in Proceedings of the Third National Turbine Engine High Cycle Fatigue Conference, W. A. Stange and J. Henderson, eds., Universal Technoloy Corp., Dayton, OH, CD-Rom, 1998, CD-Rom, session 5, pp. 19-21.
• O. Roder, A. W. Thompson, and R. O. Ritchie, "Simulation of Foreign Object Damage of Ti-6Al-4V Gas-Turbine Blades," in Proceedings of the Third National Turbine Engine High Cycle Fatigue Conference, W. A. Stange and J. Henderson, eds., Universal Technoloy Corp., Dayton, OH, 1998, CD-Rom, session 10, pp. 6-12.
• R. O. Ritchie, B. L. Boyce, J. P. Campbell, and O. Roder, "High-Cycle Fatigue of Turbine Engine Alloys", Proceedings of the 24^th Symposium on Fatigue, The Society of Materials Science, Kyoto, Japan, 1998, pp. 1-6.
• R. O. Ritchie, R. M. Cannon, J. M. McNaney, and J. C. Card, "On the Structural Integrity of Metal-Joined Ceramics," Proceedings of the 9^th CIMTEC-World Ceamics Congress and Forum on New Materials (Florence, June 14-19, 1998), P. Vincenzini, ed., 1998.
• C. J. Gilbert, Y. S. Han, D. K. Kim, and R. O. Ritchie, "Anomalous Cyclic Fatigue-Crack Propagation Behavior of Small Cracks in Monolithic Grain-Bridging Ceramics," Proceedings of the 9^th CIMTEC-World Ceramics Congress and Forum on New Materials (Florence, June 14-19, 1998), P. Vincenzini, ed., 1998.
• J. M. McNaney, R. M. Cannon, R. O. Ritchie, and P. Papadoupoulos, "Statistical Aspects of the Strength and Toughness of Metal-Ceramic Interfaces," Proceedings of the 9^th CIMTEC-World Ceramics Congress and Forum on New Materials (Florence, June 14-19, 1998), P. Vincenzini, ed., 1998.
• A. Ziegler, J. M. McNaney, and R. O. Ritchie, "Subcritical Crack Growth in NT-164 Silicon Nitride at Elevated Temperatures," Proceedings of the 9^th CIMTEC-World Ceramics Congress and Forum on New Materials (Florence, June 14-19, 1998), P. Vincenzini, ed., 1998.
• T. L. Becker, R. M. Cannon, and R. O. Ritchie, "A Statistical RKR Fracture Model for the Brittle Fracture of Functionally Graded Materials", Proceedings of the 5^th International Symposium on Functionally Graded Materials (FGM ’98), Dresden, Germany, Oct. 1998.
• R. O. Ritchie, "On the Development of Fatigue-Crack Growth Resistance in Intermetallic Alloys", in Proceedings of the U.S. – Japan Workshop on Very-High Temperature Structural Materials, M. Yamaguchi and T. Pollock, eds., 1999, pp. 139-144.
• R. O. Ritchie, "Contrasting the Nature of Fatigue-Crack Propagation in Ductile and Brittle Materials", Chapter 13 in Engineering Against Fatigue, J. H. Beynon and R. A. Smith, eds., Balkema Publ., Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1999.
• Inhoy Gu and R. O. Ritchie, "On the Crack-Tip Blunting Model for Fatigue Crack Propagation in Ductile Materials," in Fatigue and Fracture: 29^th Volume, ASTM STP 1321, T. L. Panontin and S. D. Sheppard, eds., Amercian Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, PA, 1999.
• J. P. Campbell, K. T. Venkateswara Rao, and R. O. Ritchie, "On the Effect of Microstructure on Fracture Toughness and Fatigue-Crack Growth Behavior in g-Based Titanium Aluminide Intermetallics," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, vol. 30A (3), March 1999, pp. 563-577.
• D. R. Bloyer, K. T. Venkateswara Rao, and R. O. Ritchie, "Fatigue-Crack Propagation Behavior of Ductile/Brittle Laminated Composites," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, vol. 30A (3), March 1999, pp. 633-642.
• J. J. Kruzic, J. P. Campbell, and R. O. Ritchie, "On the Fatigue Behavior of g-Based Titanium Aluminides: Role of Small Cracks," Acta Materialia, vol. 47 (3), Feb. 1999, pp. 801-816.
• C. J. Gilbert, J. W. Ager, III, V. Schroeder, J. P. Lloyd, J. R. Graham, and R. O. Ritchie, "Light Emission during Fracture of a Zr-Ti-Ni-Cu-Be Bulk Metallic Glass", Applied Physics Letters, vol. 74 (25), June 21, 1999, pp. 1-3.