Processing and Properties of Advanced Ceramics and Composites III

Preface ix FIBER COMPOSITES. Influence of Fiber Orientation on the Mechanical Properties and Microstructure of C/C-SiC Composite Plates Produced by Wet Filament Winding Technique 3 Fabian Breede, Severin Hof mann, Enrico Klatt, and Sandrine Denis High-Temperature Interlaminar Tension Test Method Development for Ceramic Matrix Composites 11 Todd Z. Engel, Wayne S. Steffier, and Tony Magaldi Life Limiting Behavior of Ceramic Matrix Composites Under Interlaminar Shear at Elevated Temperatures 23 Sung R. Choi NANO-CERAMICS AND COMPOSITES. Effect of Coating Parameters on the Electrodeposition of Nickel Containing Nano-Sized Alumina Particles 41 R. K. Saha, S. Mohamed, and T. I. Khan Synthesis of AI203-TiC Nano-Composite Particles by a Novel Electro-Plasma Process 51 Kaiyang Wang, Peigen Zhang, Jiandong Liang, and S.M. Guo TESTING, CHARACTERIZATION, AND MICROSTRUCTUREPROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS. Research on Tribological Properties of Reactive Sintered Si3N4-Based Composite Ceramic 63 Hai-long Ma, Chong Cui, Xing Li, Yuan-ting Wang, and Hai-jun Zhou Preparation of Nano and Micron Sized ZrO2 Dispersed Al2O3 Ceramic Composites and Study Their Hardness and Fracture Toughnesses 75 Kuntal Maiti and Anjan Sil Influence of Particle Size Distribution of Wollastonite on the Mechanical Properties of CBPCs (Chemically Bonded Phosphate Ceramics) 85 H. A. Colorado, C. Hiel, and H. T. Hahn Foreign Object Damage in an N720/Alumina Oxide/Oxide Ceramic Matrix Composite under Tensile Loading 99 D. Calvin Faucett and Sung R. Choi FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS. Thermally Sprayed Functionally Graded Materials 109 Pavel Chraska and Tomae Chraska CERAMIC PROCESSING. Development of Ultra-High Temperature Stable Ceramics by Reactive Infiltration Processes* 123 R. Voigt, W. Krenkel, G. Motz, and A. Can Shape Evolution of Spanning Structures Fabricated by Direct-Write Assembly of Concentrated Colloidal Gels 131 Cheng Zhu and James E. Smay COMPOSITES PROCESSING. Colloidal Processing of Ceramic-Ceramic and Ceramic-Metal Composites 147 Rodrigo Moreno Processing of Nitride Porous Ceramic Composites via Hybrid Precursor System Chemical Vapor Deposition (HYSYCVD)/Direct Nitridation (DN) 161 M. I. Pech-Canul and J. C. Flores-Garcia Effect of Nano-SiO2 on Microstructure, Interface and Mechanical Properties of Whisker-Reinforced Cement Composites 173 Mingli Cao and Jianqiang Wei DIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION AND MICROWAVE PROCESSING Engineered Self-Organized Microstructures Using Directional Solidification of Eutectics 185 V. M. Orera, J. I Pena, A. Larrea, R. I. Merino, and P. B. Oliete Effect of Different Fuels on the Microwave-Assisted Combustion Synthesis of Ni 0.5 Zn 0.5 Fe 1.95 Sm 0.05 O 4 Ferrites 197 A. C. F. M. Costa, D. A. Vieira, V. C. Diniz, H. L. Lira, D. R. Cornejo, and R. H. G. A. Kiminami Author Index 207 *Paper Presented at the 8th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology, May 31-June 5, 2009