Advanced composites for aerospace, marine, and land applications: proceedings of a symposium sponsored by the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) held during TMS 2014 143rd Annual Meeting and Exhibition, February 16-20, 2014 San Diego Convention Center San Diego, California, USA

Preface ix About the Organizers xi Session Chairs xv Processing and Design of Composites Deformation Behaviour of Aluminium Alloy AA6061-10% Fly Ash Composites for Aerospace Application 3A. Bhandakkar, R. Prasad, and S. Sastry Effect of Composition of B4C-Aluminum Composites on Mechanical Properties and Resistance Corrosion 23L. Vazquez, E. Hernandez, A. Altamirano, V. Cortes, E. Garfias, E. Refugio and M. Vite Bacterial Cellulose Enhances Beta Phase in PVDF 35V. Verma, P. Rajesh, S. Bodkhe, and S. Kamle Geopolymer from Industrial Wastes: A Construction Material for 22nd Century 43P. Rana, R. Dash, and R. Ganguly Synthesis of Composite TaC-TaB2 Powders 55B. Mehdikhani, G. Borhani, S. Bakhshi, and H. Baharvandi Characterization of Composite Microstructures and Phases Laser Deposited In-Situ TiC Reinforced Nickel Matrix Composites: Microstructure and Tribological Properties 67T. Borkar, S. Gopagoni, R. Banerjee, J. Hwang, and J. Tiley Use of Squeeze Infiltration Processing for Fabricating Micro Silica Reinforced Aluminum Alloy-Based Metal Matrix Composite 81K. Manu, V. Resmi, T. Rajan, P. Joseph, B. Pai, and T. Srivatsan Fabrication and Characterization of a Hybrid Functionally Graded Metal-Matrix CompositeUsing the Technique of Squeeze Infiltration 91K. Manu, V. Resmi, P. Joseph, T. Rajan, B. Pai, and T. Srivatsan The Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Magnetic Shape Memory Alloys NiCo40+xAl30-x[X= 0, 3, 6, 10] 101J. Ju, F. Xue, J. Zhou, J. Bai, and H. Liu Metal Matrix Composites Directionally Solidified 115A. Ares and C. Schvezov Mechanical and Material Property Evaluation A New Class of Metal Nanocomposites with Superior Mechanical Properties: Unusual Thermal Expansion in NbTi-Nanowires/NiTi-Matrix Composite 127S. Hao, L. Cui, S. Wang, D. Jiang, C. Yu, D. Brown, and Y. Ren Data-Fusion NDE for Progressive Damage Quantification in Composites 137J. Cuadra, P. Vanniamparambil, K. Hazeli, I. Bartoli, and A. Kontsos Progressive Failure Analysis of Polymer Composites Using a Synergistic Damage Mechanics Methodology 147J. Montesano and C. Singh Computational Prediction of Mechanical Properties of Glassy Polymer Blends and Thermosets157D. Rigby, P. Saxe, C. Freeman, and B. Leblanc Multi Scale Characterization of SiC/SiC Composite Materials 173D. Frazer, M. Abad, C. Back, C. Deck, and P. Hosemann Processing Fracture Toughness and Damage Mechanics Studies of MMC for Aerospace 185A. Bhandakkar, R. Prasad, and S. Sastry Interface and Bonding of Composite Systems Multi-Scale Modeling of Continuous Ceramic Fiber Reinforced Aluminum Matrix Composites 203B. McWilliams and C. Yen Development of Percussion Diagnostics in Evaluating \'Kiss\' Bonds between Composite Laminates 213S. Poveromo and J. Earthman Enhanced Mechanical Performance of Woven Composite Laminates Using Plasma Treated Polymeric Fabrics 231T. Walter, A. Bujanda, V. Rodriguez-Santiago, J. Yim, J. Baeza, and D. Pappas Forming Limit Diagram of Steel/Polymer/Steel Sandwich Systems for the Automotive Industry 243M. Harhash and H. Palkowski The Wettability of TiCX by Titanium-Aluminum Alloys at 1758 K 255X. Liu, X. Lv, C. Bai, and C. Li Author Index 265 Subject Index 267