By Professor Jay Kruzic

Journal articles

Fünfschilling S; Fett T; Hoffmann MJ; Oberacker R; Schwind T; Wippler J; Böhlke T; Özcoban H; Schneider GA; Becher PF; Kruzic JJ, 2011, 'Mechanisms of toughening in silicon nitrides: The roles of crack bridging and microstructure', Acta Materialia, 59, pp. 3978 - 3989, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2011.03.023

Kruzic JJ, 2011, 'Understanding the problem of fatigue in bulk metallic glasses', Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, 42, pp. 1516 - 1523, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11661-010-0413-1

Philo SL; Heinrich J; Gallino I; Busch R; Kruzic JJ, 2011, 'Fatigue crack growth behavior of a Zr58.5Cu 15.6Ni12.8Al10.3Nb2.8 bulk metallic glass-forming alloy', Scripta Materialia, 64, pp. 359 - 362, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2010.10.042

Fünfschilling S; Fett T; Oberacker R; Hoffmann MJ; Özcoban H; Jelitto H; Schneider GA; Kruzic JJ, 2010, 'R curves from compliance and optical crack-length measurements', Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 93, pp. 2814 - 2821, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.03758.x

Philo SL; Kruzic JJ, 2010, 'Fatigue crack growth behavior of a Zr-Ti-Cu-Ni-Be bulk metallic glass: Role of ambient air environment', Scripta Materialia, 62, pp. 473 - 476, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2009.12.014

Fünfschilling S; Fett T; Gallops SE; Kruzic JJ; Oberacker R; Hoffmann MJ, 2010, 'First- and second-order approaches for the direct determination of bridging stresses from R-curves', Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 30, pp. 1229 - 1236, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2009.11.013

Landrigan MD; Flatley JC; Turnbull TL; Kruzic JJ; Ferracane JL; Hilton TJ; Roeder RK, 2010, 'Detection of dentinal cracks using contrast-enhanced micro-computed tomography', Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 3, pp. 223 - 227, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2009.10.003

Shah MB; Ferracane JL; Kruzic JJ, 2009, 'R-curve behavior and micromechanisms of fracture in resin based dental restorative composites', Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 2, pp. 502 - 511, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2008.12.005

Kruzic JJ, 2009, 'Predicting fatigue failures', Science, 325, pp. 156 - 158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1173432

Shah MB; Ferracane JL; Kruzic JJ, 2009, 'Mechanistic aspects of fatigue crack growth behavior in resin based dental restorative composites', Dental Materials, 25, pp. 909 - 916, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dental.2009.01.097

Liu M; Vallery RS; Gidley DW; Launey ME; Kruzic JJ, 2009, 'Assessment of the fatigue transformation zone in bulk metallic glasses using positron annihilation spectroscopy', Journal of Applied Physics, 105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3120784

Shah MB; Ferracane JL; Kruzic JJ, 2009, 'R-curve behavior and toughening mechanisms of resin-based dental composites: Effects of hydration and post-cure heat treatment', Dental Materials, 25, pp. 760 - 770, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dental.2008.12.004

Kruzic JJ; Kim DK; Koester KJ; Ritchie RO, 2009, 'Indentation techniques for evaluating the fracture toughness of biomaterials and hard tissues', Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 2, pp. 384 - 395, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2008.10.008

Kruzic JJ; Satet RL; Hoffmann MJ; Cannon RM; Ritchie RO, 2008, 'The utility of R-curves for understanding fracture toughness-strength relations in bridging ceramics', Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 91, pp. 1986 - 1994, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1551-2916.2008.02380.x

Kruzic JJ; Ritchie RO, 2008, 'Comments on "Measurement of the microstructural fracture toughness of cortical bone using indentation fracture"', Journal of Biomechanics, 41, pp. 1379 - 1380, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.01.022

Launey ME; Busch R; Kruzic JJ, 2008, 'Effects of free volume changes and residual stresses on the fatigue and fracture behavior of a Zr-Ti-Ni-Cu-Be bulk metallic glass', Acta Materialia, 56, pp. 500 - 510, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2007.10.007

Kruzic JJ; Ritchie RO, 2008, 'Fatigue of mineralized tissues: Cortical bone and dentin', Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 1, pp. 3 - 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2007.04.002

Vallery RS; Liu M; Gidley DW; Launey ME; Kruzic JJ, 2007, 'Characterization of fatigue-induced free volume changes in a bulk metallic glass using positron annihilation spectroscopy', Applied Physics Letters, 91, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2825427

Launey ME; Kruzic JJ; Li C; Busch R, 2007, 'Quantification of free volume differences in a Zr 44Ti 11Ni 10Cu 10Be 25bulk amorphous alloy', Applied Physics Letters, 91, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2766659

Gunter IM; Schneibel JH; Kruzic JJ, 2007, 'Ductility and fracture toughness of molybdenum with MgAl2O4 additions', Materials Science and Engineering A, 458, pp. 275 - 280, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2006.12.128

Kruzic JJ; Ritchie RO, 2006, 'Kitagawa-Takahashi diagrams define the limiting conditions for cyclic fatigue failure in human dentin', Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 79, pp. 747 - 751, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbm.a.30939

Ritchie RO; Nalla RK; Kruzic JJ; Ager IW; Balooch G; Kinney JH, 2006, 'Fracture and ageing in bone: Toughness and structural characterization', Strain, 42, pp. 225 - 232, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-1305.2006.00282.x

Nalla RK; Kruzic JJ; Kinney JH; Balooch M; Ager JW; Ritchie RO, 2006, 'Role of microstructure in the aging-related deterioration of the toughness of human cortical bone', Materials Science and Engineering C, 26, pp. 1251 - 1260, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2005.08.021

Kruzic JJ; Scott JA; Nalla RK; Ritchie RO, 2006, 'Propagation of surface fatigue cracks in human cortical bone', Journal of Biomechanics, 39, pp. 968 - 972, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.01.025

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

Conference Papers

Cao Z; Liu Y; Kruzic JJ; Li X, 2024, 'An Image-Driven Machine Learning Method for Microstructure Characterization in Metal Additive Manufacturing: Generative Adversarial Network', in 44TH RISO INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MATERIALS SCIENCE, RISO 2024, IOP PUBLISHING LTD, DENMARK, Roskilde, presented at 44th Riso International Symposium on Materials Science (RISO), DENMARK, Roskilde, 02 September 2024 - 06 September 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/1310/1/012015

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