Mechanical Properties and Performance of Engineeri ng Ceramics and Composites VI: Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, Volume 32 Issue 2

Preface ix Introduction xi COMPOSITES: FIBERS, MATRICES, INTERFACES, AND APPLICATIONS Oxide Fiber Coatings for Silicon Carbide Ceramic Matrix Composites 3 Emmanuel E. Boakye, Pavel S. Mogilevsky, T. A. Parthasarathy, Randall S. Hay, Michael K. Cinibulk, and M. Ahrens Transmission Electron Microscopy of Rare-Earth Orthophosphate Fiber-Matrix Interphases that Deform by Transformation Plasticity During Fiber Push-Out 15 R. S. Hay, G. E. Fair, E. E. Boakye, P. Mogilevsky, T. A. Parthasarathy, M. Ahrens, and T. J. Godar Processing of Oxide/Oxide Composites for Gas Turbine Applications Based on Braiding Technique (OXITEX) 23 Christian Wilhelmi, Thays Machry, Ralf Knoche, and Dietmar Koch ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF CERAMICS AND COMPOSITES Relationships Between Fiber Strength, Passive Oxidation and Scale Crystallization Kinetics of Hi-Nicalon-S SiC Fibers 39 R. S. Hay, G. E. Fair, R. Bouffioux, E. Urban, J. Morrow, A. Hart, and M. Wilson FRACTURE MECHANICS, MODELING, AND MECHANICAL TESTING Specimen Stress Equilibrium in Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar Tests of Ceramics at High Strain Rate 55 Jianming Yuan, Jan Ma, and Geoffrey E.B. Tan Residual Stress in Ceramic Zirconia-Porcelain Crowns by Nanoindentation 67 Y. Zhang and J. C. Hanan Design and Development Approach for Gas Turbine Combustion Chambers Made of Oxide Ceramic Matrix Composites 77 Ralf Knoche, Erich Werth, Markus Weth, Jesus Gomez Garcia, Christian Wilhelmi, and Miklos Gerendas Effects of Preloading on Foreign Object Damage in an N720/Alumina Oxide/Oxide Ceramic Matrix Composite 89 D. Calvin Faucett and Sung R. Choi Frequency and Hold-Time Effects on Durability of Melt-Infiltrated SiC/SiC 101 G. Ojard, Y. Gowayed, G. Morscher, U. Santhosh, J. Ahmad, R. Miller, and R. John Mechanical and Microstructural Characterization of Reaction Bonded Silicon Carbide Processed with Petroleum Coke 111 Rodrigo P. Silva and Celio A. Costa NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION Identification of Damage Modes in Ceramic Matrix Composites by Acoustic Emission Signal Pattern Recognition 123 N. Godin, M. R'Mili, P. Reynaud, G. Fantozzi, and J. Lamon An Indentation Based Non-Destructive Evaluation Technique for Thermal Barrier Coating Spallation Prediction 135 J. M. Tannenbaum, K. Lee, B. S.-J. Kang, and M. A. Alvin Determination of Apparent Porosity Level of Refractory Concrete Using Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity Technique and Image Analysis 151 Anja Terzic , Ljubica Pavlovic , and Vojislav Mitic PROCESSING-MICROSTRUCTURE-PROPERTIES CORRELATIONS Sintering Behavior of Lithium-Titanate Pebbles: Modifications of Microstructure and Pore Morphology 165 D. Mandal, D. Sen, S. Mazumder, MRK Shenoi, S. Ramnathan, and D. Sathiyamoorthy Silicon Carbide Based Sandwich Structures: Processing and Properties 171 Alberto Ortona, Claudio D'Angelo, Simone Pusteria, and Sandra Gianella Chemically Bonded Phosphate Ceramics with Different Fiber Reinforcements 181 H. A. Colorado, C. Hiel, and H. T. Hahn Preceramic-Polymer-Bonded SiC Preforms for High Volume Fraction SiCp/AI Composites 189 Kuljira Sujirote, Kannigar Dateraksa, Sukunthakan Ngernbamrung, Ryan McCuiston, Trinmet Sungkapan, and Jessada Wannasin Novel High Temperature Wound Oxide Ceramic Matrix Composites Manufactured via Freeze Gelation 201 Thays Machry, Christian Wilhelmi, and Dietmar Koch Effect of Reaction Time on Composition and Properties of SiC-Diamond Ceramic Composites 213 S. Salamone, and O. Spriggs Pressureless Sintering of Boron Carbide Using Amorphous Boron and SiC as Additives 223 Celio A. Costa, Victor Manuel, Jose Brant de Campos, and Pedro Augusto de S.L. Cosentino Effect of Reactive Heat Treatment on Properties of AI-Mg-B4C Composites 229 M. K. Aghajanian, A. L. McCormick, and W. M. Waggoner Cohesive Strength of Dry Powders Using Rheology 237 Nicholas Ku, Sara Reynaud, Chuck Rohn, and Rich Haber Effect of Heat Treatment on Thermal Properties of Pitch-Based Carbon Fiber and Pan-Based Carbon Fiber Carbon-Carbon Composites 245 Sardar S. Iqbal, Ralph Dinwiddie, Wallace Porter, Michael Lance, and Peter Filip TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF CERAMICS AND COMPOSITES Ceramic Foam/Aluminium Alloy Interpenetrating Composites for Wear Resistance Applications 257 J. Liu, J, Binner, R. Higginson, and C. Munnings An Experimental Study on the Effects of SiC on the Sintering and Mechanical Properties of Cr3C2-NiCr Cermets 271 Ali Ozer, Waltraud M. Kriven, and Yahya Kemal Tur Increasing the Operating Pressure of Gasoline Injection Pumps via Ceramic Sliding Systems 281 C. Pfister, H. Kubach, and U. Spicher Property and Microstructural Correlations to Wear on Reaction Bonded Materials 297 A. L. Marshall and S. Salamone Author Index 305