Mechanical Properties and Performance of Engineering Ceramics and Composites V - Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings V31 Issue 2

Preface. Introduction. PROCESSING. The Effects of Heating Rate on Magnesia Doped Alumina Prepared bySPS (B. Apak, G. Goller, F. C. Sahin, and O. Yucel). Effect of Coke Calcination Temperature on the Processing of Reaction Bonded Silicon Carbide (Rodrigo P. Silva, Claudio V. Rocha, Marysilvia F. Costa, and Celio A. Costa). Pressureless Sintering of Mullite-Ceria-Doped Zirconia-Silicon Carbide Composites (Barry A. Bender, Michael Vick, and Ming-Jen Pan The Role of Carbon in Processing Hot Pressed Aluminium Nitride Doped Silicon Carbide (N. Ur-rehman, P. Brown, and L. J. Vandeperre). CHARACTERIZATION. Microstructure and High-Temperature Properties of Si-B-C-N MA-Powders and Ceramic ( Yu Zhou, Zhi-Hua Yang, De-Chang Jia, and Xiao-Ming Duan ). Influence of Water Quality on Corrosion of Multi-Oxide Engineering Ceramics ( Marju Mannila and Antti Hakkinen ). The Effect of Load and Temperature on Hardness of ZrB 2 Composites ( J. Wang, F. Giuliani, and L. J. Vandeperre ). Nano-lndentation Hardness Measurements as a Characterization Technique of SiC and Pyrolytic Carbon Layers of Experimental PBMR Coated Particles ( I. J. van Rooyen, E. Nquma, J. Mahlangu, and J. H. Neethling ). High Temperature Mechanical Loss of Nanostructured Yttria Stabilized Zirconia (3Y-TZP) Reinforced with Carbon Nanotubes ( Mehdi Mazaheri, Daniele Mari, Robert Schaller, and Zhijian Shen ). The Influence of Nanosize Carbon Concentration on Mechanical Properties of RBSIC ( Cristiane Evelise Ribeiro da Silva, Rosa Trejo, Sanghoon Shim, Edgar Lara-Curzio, and Celio A. Costa ). Si/SiC and Diamond Composites: Microstructure-Mechanical Properties Correlation ( S. Salamone, R. Neill, and M. Aghajanian ). Mechanical Properties and Failure Criterion of Silicon-Based Joints ( L. M. Nguyen, O. Gillia, Emmanuelle Riviere, and Dominique Leguillon ). Effect of Various SnAgTi-Alloys and Laser Induced Texturing on the Shear Strength of Laser Brazed SiC-Steel-Joints ( I. Sudmeyer, M. Rohde, T. Furst ). Characterization of Poled Single-Layer PZT for Piezo Stack in Fuel Injection System ( Hong Wang, Tadashi Matsunaga, and Hua-Tay Lin ). Thermal Tomographie Imaging for Nondestructive Evaluation of Ceramic Composite Materials ( J. G. Sun ). A More Comprehensive NDE: PCRT for Ceramic Components ( Leanne Jauriqui and Lem Hunter ). FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITES. Microstructure and Thermodynamic Descriptions of SiC-Based Ceramic Fibers ( Geraldine Puyoo, Georges Chollon, Rene Pailler, and Francis Teyssandier ). Static Fatigue of Multifilament Tows at High Temperatures above 900-C ( A. Laforet and J. Lamon ). 3D Multiscale Modeling of the Mechanical Behavior of Woven Composite Materials ( G. Couegnat, E. Martin, and J. Lamon ). Mode I Interlaminar Fracture Toughness Testing of a Ceramic Matrix Composite ( G. Ojard, T. Barnett, M. Dahlen, U. Santhosh, J. Ahmad, and R. Miller ). Comparative Study of Tensile Properties of Uni-Directional Single-Tow SiC-Matrix Composites Reinforced with Various Near-Stoichiometric SiC Fibers ( Kazumi Ozawa, Yutai Katoh, Edgar Lara-Curzio, Lance L. Snead, and Takashi Nozawa ). Foreign Object Damage in an N720/Alumina Oxide/Oxide Ceramic Matrix Composite ( Sung R. Choi, David C. Faucett, and Donald J. Alexander ). Static Contact Damage in an N720/Alumina Oxide/Oxide Ceramic Matrix Composite with Reference to Foreign Object Damage ( David C. Faucett, Donald J. Alexander, Sung R. Choi ). Effects of Environment on Creep Behavior of NEXTEL720 / Alumina-Mullite Ceramic Composite with +45- Fiber Orientation at1200-C ( M. Ozer and M. B. Ruggles-Wrenn ). Fatigue Behavior of an Oxide/Oxide CMC under Combustion Environment ( Shankar Mall and Andrew R. Nye ). EROSION AND WEAR. Particle Erosion Wear Behavior of New Conceptual SiC/SiC Composites ( Min-Soo Sun, Tatsuya Hinoki, and Akira Kohyama ). Threshold of Ring Crack Initiation on CVD-SiC under Particle Impact ( Min-Soo Suh, Sang-Yeob Oh, Tatsuya Hinoki, Chang-Min Suh, and Akira Kohyama ). Advanced Ceramic-Steel Pairings under Permanent Slip for Dry Running Clutch Systems ( Albert Albers and Michael Meid ). Development and Validation of Lubricated Multi-Disk Clutch Systems with Advanced Ceramics ( Albert Albers, Johannes Bernhardt, and Sascha Ott ). MODELING. Virtual Testing and Simulation of Multiple Cracking in Transverse (Tows of Woven CMCs ( Pierre Pineau, Guillaume Couegnat, and Jacques Lamon ). Isothermal ChemIcal Vapor Infiltration Modeling by Random Walks in CMT 3D Images at Two Scales ( G. L. Vignoles, I. Szelengowicz, W. Ros, C. Mulat, and C. Germain ). Adsorption and Surface Diffusion of Oxygen on 3C and 2H-SIC Polytypes: Numerical Studies ( Junjie Wang, Litong Zhang, Qinfeng Zeng, and G. L. Vignoles ). Effective Surface Recession Laws for the Physico-Chemical Ablation of C/C Composite Materials ( G. L. Vignoles, J. Lachaud, Y. Aspa, and M. Quintard ). Model of the Influence of Damage on the Thermal Properties of Ceramic Matrix Composites ( Jalal El Yagoubi, Jacques Lamon, and Jean-Christophe Batsale ). Author Index.