By Professor Jay Kruzic

Journal articles

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

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