Fracture Mechanics of Ceramics: Active Materials, Nanoscale Materials, Composites, Glass, and Fundamentals (Hardcover, 2005)

1. Contact Mechanics - Atomic Force Microscopy at Ultrasonic Frequencies (Walter Arnold, A. Caron, S. Hirsekom, M. Kaoycinska-Muller, U. Rabe, and M. Reinstadtler) - Indentation Size Effect on the Hardness of Zirconia Polycrystals (T. Akatsu, S. Numata, Y. Shinoda, F. Wakai - Indentation Fracture, Acoustic Emission and Modeling of the Mechanical Properties of Thin Ceramic Coatings (Steve J. Bull) - Assessing the scratch resistance, fracture resistance and fatigue wear of ion- Beam modified Si and Si02 survaces by nanoscratch and nanoimpact testing (Jinjun Lu, T. Xu, Q. Xue, B.D. Beake) - Microstructural Control of Indentation Crack Extension under Externally Applied Stress (Robert F. Cook) - Instrumented Hardness Test on Alumina Ceramics and Single Crystal with Spherical Indenter (Shuji Sakaguchi, K. Hirao, Y. Yamauchi, S. Kanzaki) 2. Glass - Controlling the Fragmentation Behavior of Stressed Glass (R. Tandon, S.J. Glass) - Stair-like Impact Fracture of Multiple Glass Sheets (D.L. Ahern, S.E. Jones, R.C.Bradt) - Elasto-Plastic Behavior of Glassy Carbon and Silica Glass by Nanoindentation With Spherical-Tipped Indenter (N. Iwashita, M. Swain, J.S. Field) - Scratch Test for Evaluation of Surface Damage in Glass (S. Yoshida, T. Hayashi, T. Fakuhara, K. Soeda, J. Matsuoka, N. Soga) - Shear-Driven Damage and Internal Friction in Indentation Loading of a Glass-Ceramic (Anthony Fischer-Crip;s) - Indentation and Scratching of Glass Load, Composition,Eenvironment and Temperature Incidences (Tanguy Rouxel, Jean-Christophe SANGLEBOEUF) - Effects of Tin on the Physical Properties and Crack Evolution in Soda-Lime-Silica Float Glass (John R. Hellman) - Indentation Size Effects for Glasses: yes, There is a Fracture (George D. Quinn) 3. Fracture ofNano-Scale Materials - Slow Crack Propagation in Ceramics at Micro- and Nano-scale: Effect of the Microstructure (J. Chevalier, G. Fantozzi) - Touthening and Strengthening Mechanisms in Nanocomposits (Hideo Awaji, S-M Choi) 4. Composites - Creep Behavior and Mechanisms for CMC with Continuous Ceramic Fibers (Jean-Louis Chermant) - Strain Accumulation and Damage Evolution during Creep of SiCf/SiC Composites (B. Wilshire, H. Burt) - Modeling Multilayer Damage in Cross-ply Ceramics Matrix Composites (M. Kashtalyan, H.W. Chandler) - Quantification of Toughness Increase Due to Metal Particles in Glass Matrix Composites (M. Kotoul, A.R. Boccaccini, I. Dlouhy) - Fracture Resistance of Hybrid Glass Matrix Composites and its Degradation Due to Thermal Aging and Thermal Shock (Z. Chlup, I. Dlouhy, A.R. Boccaccini) - Creep Investigation on SiCf-SiBC Composites (Gaelle Farizy, Jean Vicens, Jean-Louis Chermant,Jean-Christoph Sangleboeuf) - Fracture Toughness of BaTiO3 - MgO Composites Sintered by Spark Plasma Sintering (Y. Miyashita, S. Rattanachan) - Fracture Toughness of BaTiO3 and BaTiO3-AI203 Composite Under Applied Electric Field (S. Rattanachan, Yukio Miyashita) - Crack Bridging Behavior in a Strong Interface Oxide/Oxide Composite (N. Du Souich, K. White) - An FE Model of Carbon/Carbon Composite Fracture (J. Ohgi, J.H.. Jackson, A.S. Kobayashi, K.W. White) 5. Fracture Fundamentals - Tailoring the Composition of Self-Reinforced Silicon Nitride Ceramics to Enhance Mechanical Behavior (Dr. Paul Becher, G.S. Painter, H.T. line and M.K. Ferber) - Nonlinear Fracture of a Polycrystalline Graphite: Size-Effect Law and Irwin's Similarity (Motosugu Sakai, R. Nonoyama) - Fragmentation of Ceramic Bars in Rapid