Fracture Mechanics of Ceramics: Volume 7 Composites, Impact, Statistics, and High-Temperature Phenomena (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

The Tensile Strength of Uniaxially Reinforced Ceramic Fiber Composites.- Applicability of Fracture Mechanics to Fiber-Reinforced CVD-Ceramic Composites.- Fracture of SiC Fiber/Glass - Ceramic Composites As A Function of Temperature.- Strength and Toughness Measurements of Ceramic Fiber Composites.- Toughening of Ceramics by Whisker Reinforcement.- Mechanical Properties of SiC - Whisker-Reinforced TZP.- Fracture Behavior of Brittle Matrix, Particulate Composites with Thermal Expansion Mismatch.- High-Temperature Mechanical Properties of Al2O3-SiC Composites.- Particulate Toughening in the MgAl2O4-xTiO2 System.- Graphical Methods for Determining the Nonlinear Fracture Parameters of Silica Graphite Refactory Composites.- Fiber - Matrix Bonding in Steel Fiber - Reinforced Cement - Based Composites.- Fracture Mechanics and Failure Processes in Polymer Modified and Blended Hydraulic Cements.- Fracture of Brittle Rock Under Dynamic Loading Conditions.- An Impact Damage Model of Ceramic Coatings.- Hertzian Impact Fracture Test for Helicopter Windshields.- Numerical Approximating Forms for the Dynamic Stress Intensity Factor.- On the Statistical Theory of Fracture Location Combined with Competing Risk Theory.- The Use of Exploratory Data Analysis for the Safety Evaluation of Structural Ceramics.- Proof Testing to Assure Reliability of Structural Ceramics.- Assessment of Flaws in Ceramics Materials on the Basis of Non - Destructive Evaluation.- Mechanical Properties and Dependence with Temperature of Tetragonal Polycrystalline Zirconia Materials.- Prediction of delayed Fracture from Crack Coalescence - Alemina.- Damage Accumulation in Hot Pressed Alumina During Flexural Creep and Anneals in Air.- Creep Cavitation Behavior in Polycrystalline Ceramics.- Matrix Representation of the Crack-Enhanced Creep of Ceramics Under Conditions of Multi-Axial Loading.- Contributors.- Authors.