Mechanical Properties and Performance of Engineering Ceramics and Composites VI -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- COMPOSITES: FIBERS, MATRICES, INTERFACES, AND APPLICATIONS -- Oxide Fiber Coatings for Silicon Carbide Ceramic Matrix Composites -- Transmission Electron Microscopy of Rare-Earth Orthophosphate Fiber-Matrix Interphases that Deform by Transformation Plasticity During Fiber Push-Out -- Processing of Oxide/Oxide Composites for Gas Turbine Applications Based on Braiding Technique (OXITEX™) -- ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF CERAMICS AND COMPOSITES -- Relationships Between Fiber Strength, Passive Oxidation and Scale Crystallization Kinetics of Hi-Nicalon™-S SiC Fibers -- FRACTURE MECHANICS, MODELING, AND MECHANICAL TESTING -- Specimen Stress Equilibrium in Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar Tests of Ceramics at High Strain Rate -- Residual Stress in Ceramic Zirconia-Porcelain Crowns by Nanoindentation -- Design and Development Approach for Gas Turbine Combustion Chambers Made of Oxide Ceramic Matrix Composites -- Effects of Preloading on Foreign Object Damage in an N720/Alumina Oxide/Oxide Ceramic Matrix Composite -- Frequency and Hold-Time Effects on Durability of Melt-Infiltrated SiC/SiC -- Mechanical and Microstructural Characterization of Reaction Bonded Silicon Carbide Processed with Petroleum Coke -- NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION -- Identification of Damage Modes in Ceramic Matrix Composites by Acoustic Emission Signal Pattern Recognition -- An Indentation Based Non-Destructive Evaluation Technique for Thermal Barrier Coating Spallation Prediction -- Determination of Apparent Porosity Level of Refractory Concrete Using Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity Technique and Image Analysis -- PROCESSING-MICROSTRUCTURE-PROPERTIES CORRELATIONS -- Sintering Behavior of Lithium-Titanate Pebbles: Modifications of Microstructure and Pore Morphology.

Silicon Carbide Based Sandwich Structures: Processing and Properties -- Chemically Bonded Phosphate Ceramics with Different Fiber Reinforcements -- Preceramic-Polymer-Bonded SiC Preforms for High Volume Fraction SiCp/AI Composites -- Novel High Temperature Wound Oxide Ceramic Matrix Composites Manufactured via Freeze Gelation -- Effect of Reaction Time on Composition and Properties of SiC-Diamond Ceramic Composites -- Pressureless Sintering of Boron Carbide Using Amorphous Boron and SiC as Additives -- Effect of Reactive Heat Treatment on Properties of AI-Mg-B4C Composites -- Cohesive Strength of Dry Powders Using Rheology -- Effect of Heat Treatment on Thermal Properties of Pitch-Based Carbon Fiber and Pan-Based Carbon Fiber Carbon-Carbon Composites -- TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF CERAMICS AND COMPOSITES -- Ceramic Foam/Aluminium Alloy Interpenetrating Composites for Wear Resistance Applications -- An Experimental Study on the Effects of SiC on the Sintering and Mechanical Properties of Cr3C2-NiCr Cermets -- Increasing the Operating Pressure of Gasoline Injection Pumps via Ceramic Sliding Systems -- Property and Microstructural Correlations to Wear on Reaction Bonded Materials -- Author Index.