Fracture Mechanics of Ceramics: Fatigue, Composites, and High-Temperature Behavior

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Fracture Mechanics of Fatigue of Structural Ceramics....Pages 1-13
Fatigue Behavior of Sintered Al 2 O 3 Under Rotary Bending and Static Fatigue....Pages 15-29
Fatigue of Notched Alumina Specimens....Pages 31-44
Static and Cyclic Fatigue of Zirconia Materials Measured by Double Torsion....Pages 45-60
The Fatigue Behaviour of Mg-PSZ and ZTA Ceramics....Pages 61-76
The Influence of Processing Techniques on the Fatigue Properties of Yttria Stabilized Zirconia with Different Grain Sizes....Pages 77-92
Fatigue Crack Initiation and Propagation in Ceramics....Pages 93-106
On Fatigue and Fracture Behavior of Si-Alloyed Pyrolytic Carbon....Pages 107-120
An Analysis of Cyclic Fatigue Effects in Ceramic Matrix Composites....Pages 121-134
Fatigue Life Predictions of PZT Using Continuum Damage Mechanics and Finite Element Methods....Pages 135-148
Crack Growth in Ferroelectric Ceramics and Actuators Under Mechanical and Electrical Loading....Pages 149-160
Effects of Residual Stress on Fracture Toughness and Subcritical Crack Growth of Indented Cracks in Various Glasses....Pages 161-166
Determination of Threshold Stress Intensity Factor for Sub-Critical Crack Growth in Ceramic Materials by Interrupted Static Fatigue Test....Pages 167-177
Fracture Toughness and Subcritical Crack Growth in an Alumina/Silicon Carbide ‘Nanocomposite’....Pages 179-186
High Temperature Crack Growth in Silicon Nitride with Two Different Grain Sizes Under Static and Cyclic Loads....Pages 187-202
Simulating Non-Equilibrium Fracture Behavior of Ceramics in Controlled Bending Test....Pages 203-218
Molecular Orbital Calculations Comparing Water Enhanced Bond Breakage in Sio 2 and Si....Pages 219-227
Interface Mechanisms in Ceramic-Ceramic Fibre Composites and Their Relations with Fracture and Fatigue Behaviour....Pages 229-252
Fracture Characteristics of SiC Monofilament /SiAlON Ceramic Composite....Pages 253-266
Onset of Cumulative Damage (First Matrix Cracking) and the Effects of Test Parameters on the Tensile Behavior of A Continuous Fibre-Reinforced Ceramic Composite (CFCC)....Pages 267-282
Crack Resistance of Ceramic Matrix Composites with Coulomb Friction Controlled Interfacial Processes....Pages 283-292
Mechanical Behavior of Large Size Compact Tension Specimens of 2D Woven SiC-SiC Composite Materials....Pages 293-317
High Temperature Fracture Resistance and Strength of Ceramic Composites after Thermal Exposure at 1200 °C....Pages 319-332
Microcracking in Silicon Carbide-Titanium Diboride Particulate Composites....Pages 333-341
Determination of the Critical Stress for Microcracking in Alumina and Alumina Matrix Composites....Pages 343-354
Application of a Multiparticle Model to Estimate the Brittle Strength of a Particle Reinforced Composite....Pages 355-370
Fracture Behaviour and Toughening of Alumina-Based Composites Fabricated by Microstructural Control....Pages 371-382
Fracture Characterization of Silicon Nitride Based Layered Composites....Pages 383-398
Modelling Stress Distributions in Brittle Particulate — Brittle Matrix Composites....Pages 399-412
Identification of Damage Variable in Ceramic Matrix Composite with Different Behaviour in Tension and Compression....Pages 413-428
Thermal Properties and Thermal Stresses in Delaminated Ceramic Matrix Composites....Pages 429-433
Interfacial Glass Structure Affecting Micromechanism Of Fracture in a Fluorine-Doped Si 3 N 4 -SiC Composite....Pages 435-442
Interfacial Fracture in the Presence of Residual Stresses....Pages 443-450
Fracture Behavior of Interphase-Modified Metal/Ceramic Interfaces....Pages 451-462
Stresses and Fracture in Ceramic-Metal Joints....Pages 463-474
Indentation Cracking of Brittle Thin Films on Brittle Substrates....Pages 475-486
Influence of a Functionally Gradient Surface on Cracking in WC/Co Hardmetals....Pages 487-497
High-Temperature Failure of Vitreous-Bonded Alumina....Pages 499-514
Tensile Creep of Sintered Silicon Nitride Ceramics at Elevated Temperatures....Pages 515-525
Damage Creep in SiC f -MLAS Composites....Pages 527-538
The Variation of Indentation Fracture with Temperature in Silicon Carbide, Silicon Nitride and Zirconia....Pages 539-550
On High Temperature Creep and Damage of Polycrystalline Ceramics....Pages 551-560
Pseudoplastic Deformation and Failure of Y-Tzp-Al 2 O 3 Ceramics at High Temperature....Pages 561-567
Effect of Remanent Polarization Level on Macrocrack Extension in Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT)....Pages 569-577
Back Matter....Pages 579-592