Design, Development, and Applications of Structural Ceramics, Composites, and Nanomaterials

Preface ix ENGINEERING CERAMICS AND CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES: DESIGN,DEVELOPMENT, AND APPLICATIONS Design and Testing of a C/C-SiC Nozzle ExtensionManufactured Via Filament Winding Technique and LiquidSilicon Infiltration 3 Fabian Breeds, Raouf Jemmali, Heinz Voggenreiter, and DietmarKoch Preparation of Zirconium Phosphate Bonded Silicon Nitride PorousCeramics Reinforced by In-Situ Reacted Silicon Nitride Nanowires15 Fei Chen, Feiyu Li, Kaiyu Wang, Qiang Shen, and LianmengZhang Residual Strains in Structural Stone: A Degradation Mechanism25 Victoria Shushakova, Edwin R. Fuller, Jr., Florian Heidelbach,and Siegfried Siegesmund Joining of SiC/SiC Ceramic Matrix Composites Using REABONDTechnology 39 Michael C. Halbig, Mrityunjay Singh, and Craig E. Smith Fracture Criterion of Short Carbon Fiber-Dispersed SiC MatrixComposite under Mixed Mode Loading Condition 53 Ryo Inoue, Hideki Kakisawa, and Yutaka Kagawa Ceramic Matrix Composites Manufactured by MultistepDensification of Si-O-C Fiber Preform 61 L. Maille, M. A. Dourges, S. Le Ber, and R. Pailler Effects of Particle Size and Crystalline Phases Developed afterThermal Shock Cycles on the Physical Properties and MechanicalResistance of Cordierite-Mullite Concrete Mixes 71 Ana Ma Paniagua Mercado, Arturo Mendez Sanchez, Elvia DiazValdes, and Concepcion Mejia Garcia ADVANCED CERAMIC COATINGS: PROCESSING, PROPERTIES, ANDAPPLICATIONS Development of New Observation System used for DeformationMeasurement of Ceramic Matrix Composites at High Temperature81 Y. L. Dong, H. Kakisawa, and Y. Kagawa Anti-Reflective Surface Structures in Spinel Ceramic Windows89 Catalin M. Florea, Lynda E. Busse, Shyam Bayya, Brandon Shaw,Ishwar D. Aggarwal, and Jas S. Sanghera Ta-O-N Thin Films Deposited by Low Vacuum Reactive Sputtering101 Takashi Hashizume, Atsushi Saiki, and Kiyoshi Terayama Control of Mass-Transfer through Grain Boundaries in aProtective Alumina Layer by Dopant Configuration in Advanced EBCs107 Satoshi Kitaoka, Tsuneaki Matsudaira, Masashi Wada, MakotoTanaka,Takafumi Ogawa, and Yutaka Kagawa Fabrication of K2Ta206 Films by Hydrothermal Method and theirOptical Property 119 Atsushi Saiki and Takashi Hashizume Finite Element Modeling of Compressor Blade Leading Edge Curl,Erosion and Deformation 127 George M. Slota and Douglas E. Wolfe GEOPOLYMERS-LOW ENERGY, ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY, INORGANICPOLYMERIC CERAMICS Development of Thai Fly Ash Blended with Rice Husk Ash Geopolymers145 Duangrudee Chaysuwan, Chayanee Tippayasam, PimpaweeKeawpapasson, Parjaree Thavorniti, Thammarat Panyathanmaporn,Sirithan Jiemsirilers, and Cristina Leonelli Characterization of Cotton Fabric Reinforced Geopolymer CompositesModified with Portland Cement 155 T. Alomayri, F. U. A. Shaikh, and I. M. Low MULTIFUNCTIONAL METAL OXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES ANDHETEROARCHITECTURES FOR ENERGY AND DEVICE APPLICATIONS Synthesis of yMnOOH and ß-MnO2 Nanowires andtheir Electrochemical Capacitive Behavior 171 Indra B. Singh and Su Moon Park ADVANCED CHARACTERIZATION AND MODELING OF CERAMICINTERFACES The Effect of Interface and Micro-Crack on Physical Property andPerformance of Ceramic Materials 181 Justin Gao Author Index 195