Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference on Composites, Advanced Ceramics, Materials, and Structures - B: Ceramic Engineering

Content: Chapter 1 Hot Pressing Analysis of Ceramic Powders with Green Density Gradients (pages 2–10): Sandeepan Bhattacharya, Karl Jakus and Ian GrosseChapter 2 Micro?Gas Turbine Engine Materials and Structures (pages 11–18): S. M. Spearing and K. S. ChenChapter 3 Superplasticity in Silicon Nitride (pages 19–26): J. A. Schneider and A. K. MukherjeeChapter 4 Synthetic Low?Shrinkage Oxide?Matrices from Filled Polymeric Siloxanes (pages 27–35): D. Suttor, H.?J. Kleebe and G. ZieglerChapter 5 Fabrication and Properties of Erbium Oxide (pages 37–44): A. Neuman, M. Platero, R. Romero, K. J. Mcclellan and J. J. PetrovicChapter 6 Tensile Creep Performance of a Developmental, In?Situ Reinforced Silicon Nitride (pages 45–55): A. A. Wereszczak, T. P. Kirkland, H.?T. Lin, M. K. Ferber, C.?W. Li and J. A. GoldackerChapter 7 Interstitial Chemistry Effects on Sintering of Ti5Si3 (pages 57–65): Andrew J. Thom and Mufit AkincChapter 8 Viscous Slip at Grain Boundaries in Highly Covalent Ceramics (pages 67–73): G. Pezzotti, K. Maruyama, K. Ota, H.?J. Kleebe and T. NishidaChapter 9 Characterization of Innovatively Synthesized Low Cost NZP Powders (pages 75–83): J. A. Curtis, R. Nageswaran, S. Y. Limaye, C. R. Hubbard, W. D. Porter and S. T. MistureChapter 10 Characterizing the Performance of Advanced Rolling Element Materials (pages 85–92): D. J. Mitchell, R. Sabia, E. D. Whitney and J. H. AdairChapter 11 Characterization of Machining?Induced Sub?Surface Damage of a High Strength Silicon Nitride (pages 93–103): R. D. Ott, K. Bredert, T. R. Watkins, M. K. Ferbert and J. M. RigsbeeChapter 12 Synthesis and Microstructure of Powder and Porous ZrO2 from Hydrolysis Process (pages 105–110): Masakuni Ozawa, Suguru Suzuki, C.?K. Loong and P. ThiyagarajanChapter 13 Laminated Object Manufacturing, a New Process for the Direct Manufacture of Monolithic Ceramics and Continuous Fiber CMCs (pages 112–120): Don Klosterman, Richard Chartoff, Nora Osborne and George GravesChapter 14 The Sintering Effects of Time, Temperature, and ZNO Additions on CMZP Ceramics (pages 121–128): J. R. Clarke and D. A. HirschfeldChapter 15 Microstructure and Mechanical Evaluation of Yttrium Phosphate?Containing and Lanthanum Phosphate?Containing Zirconia Laminates (pages 129–136): Dong?Hau Kuo and Waltraud M. KrivenChapter 16 Brazing of Heat Sink Attachments for New Electronic Ceramic Substrates (pages 137–144): Wendy B Hanson, John A Fernie and Norman R StockhamChapter 17 The Use of Compact Tension Specimens to Measure Slow Crack Growth in Continuous?Fiber Composites at Elevated Temperatures (pages 146–154): C. A. Lewinsohn, C. H. Henager and R. H. JonesChapter 18 Fracture Toughness of Ceramics Using the Sevnb Method: Preliminary Results (pages 155–162): Jakob KublerChapter 19 Fracture Toughness by the Surface Crack in Flexure (SCF) Method: New Test Results (pages 163–172): George D. Quinn, Jeffrey J. Swab and Michael D. HillChapter 20 Investigation of “Halos” Associated with Fracture Toughness Precracks (pages 173–182): Jeffrey J. Swab and George D. QuinnChapter 21 Micro?Strength Evaluation of Alumina Using Biaxial Flexure Technique (pages 183–190): A. Okada, H. Kawamoto and H. UsamiChapter 22 Use of Indentation Technique to Measure Elastic Modulus of Plasma?Sprayed Zirconia Thermal Barrier Coating (pages 191–200): J. P. Singh, M. Sutaria and M. FerberChapter 23 Gas Evolution from Advanced Ceramics During Fracture Under Ultra High Vacuum (pages 201–208): S. Kitaoka, H. Matsubara, H. Kawamoto, H. Yanagida, M. Matsumoto and M. KannoChapter 24 Stress?Rupture of Nicalon™/SiC at Intermediate Temperatures (pages 209–219): Edgar Lara?Curzio, P. F. Tortorelli and K. L. MoreChapter 25 Application of Continuous Fiber Reinforced Silicon Carbide Matrix Composites to a Ceramic Gas Turbine Model for Automobiles (pages 221–228): Yutaka Sanokawa, Yasuji Ido, Yoshio Sohda, Norio Nakazawa and Hiroshi KayaChapter 26 Testing of Monolithic Ceramics and Fiber Reinforced Ceramic Composites for Gas Turbine Combustors (pages 229–236): Jane F. Simpson, Vijay M. Parthasarathy and Anthony FahmeChapter 27 Shear Strength and Non?Destructive Evaluation of Thermally Shocked CFCC's (pages 237–244): James E. Webb, Raj N. Singh, Peter B. Nagy and Richard A. LowdenChapter 28 Piezoelectric Composite Oscillator Method for Modulus and Internal Friction Evaluation of Ceramic (pages 245–250): Masakuni Ozawa, Suguru Suzuki and Masahiko InagakiChapter 29 A Correlation of Air?Coupled Ultrasonic and Thermal Diffusivity Data for CFCC Materials (pages 251–258): T. A. K. Pillai, W. A. Ellingson, J. G. Sun, T. E. Easler and A. SzwedaChapter 30 Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Gel?Cast Ceramic Composites (pages 259–264): S. L. Dieckman, K. M. Balss, J. A. Jendrzejczyk and A. C. RaptisChapter 31 Three New Nondestructive Evaluation Tools Based on High Flux Neutron Sources (pages 265–272): Camden R. Hubbard, Dudley Raine, Roberta Peascoe, Michael Wright, Paul M. Whaley and Paul KoehlerChapter 32 Laser?Based Optical Scattering Detection of Surface and Subsurface Defects in Machined Si3N4 Components (pages 273–280): J. G. Sun, M. Shirber and W. A. EllingsonChapter 33 Ultrashort Laser Pulse Scattering by Optmechanical Composites for Analysis of Light?Transmission (pages 281–286): H. Iba and Y. KagawaChapter 34 Nondestructive Evaluation of Nicalon/Sic Composites by Ultrasonics and X?Ray Computed Tomography (pages 287–296): J. Kim, P. K. Liaw, D. K. Hsu and D. J. McGuireChapter 35 Mechanism—Based Design of Composite Structures Program Overview and Accomplishments (pages 298–306): George J. DvorakChapter 36 Software Framework for Mechanism?Based Design of Composite Structures (pages 307–314): R. Wentorf, M. S. Shephard, G. J. Dvorak, J. Fish, M. W. Beall, R. Collar and K.?L. ShekChapter 37 Modeling and Adaptive Numerical Techniques for Oxidation of Ceramic Composites (pages 315–322): S. Adjerid, M. Aiffa, J. E. Flaherty, J. B. Hudson and M. S. ShephardChapter 38 Modeling and Simulation of Failure Processes in Composites (pages 323–330): Jacob Fish, Kamlun Shek, Said Gomaa, Mark S. Shephard, George J. Dvorak, William E. Bachrach and Amr M. WafaChapter 39 Dynamic and Transient Characterization of Ceramic Fibers at Elevated Temperatures (pages 331–338): S. S. Sternstein and R. WarrenChapter 40 Improved Properties of Silicide Matrix Composites (pages 339–346): S. Augustin, M. Broglio, P. Lipetzky, N. S. Stoloff and M. NazmyChapter 41 Multi?Axial Response of a Woven Continuous?Fiber Composite (pages 347–354): P. Lipetzky, G. J. Dvorak and N. S. StoloffChapter 42 Atmospheric Effects on High?Temperature Lifetime of Ceramic Composites (pages 355–362): P. Lipetzky, N. S. Stoloff and G. J. DvorakChapter 43 Effect of Salt Corrosion on Mechanical Properties of a Sic?Sic Composite in Dry and Moist High?Temperature Environment (pages 363–370): P. Lipetzky, M. Lieblich, W. Hillig and D. DuquetteChapter 44 Behavior of Sic?Fiber/Al2O3 Composite with Na?Based Salts in Dry and Moist Oxidizing Environments (pages 371–378): P. Lipetzky, M. Lieblich, W. Hillig and D. DuquetteChapter 45 The use of Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (Sims) in the Analysis of Alumina?Boria?Silica Ceramic (pages 380–389): E. A. Leone and S. S. CampbellChapter 46 The Effect of Processing Parameters on the Surface Nitridation of Nextel™ 312 Ceramic (pages 391–398): Scott Campbell, Edgar Leone and Mike McnallanChapter 47 Synthesis and Thermal Stability of Nitrogen?Containing Blackglas™ Ceramic (pages 399–406): Roger Y. Leung, Michael Glazier and Mary Ann MeadorChapter 48 Development of Mechanistic Model for Blackglas™ Pyrolysis: Comparison of Theory and Experiment (pages 407–415): W. N. Gill, A. Kulkarni, F. Wang, Y. W. Lee, J. Madsen, A. Tobin and T. DonnellanChapter 49 Characterization of Blackglas™/Bn/Nicalon™ Composites (pages 417–424): Gang Qi, W. Roger Cannon and Stephen C. DanforthChapter 50 Thermal Wave Nondestructive Evaluation of Ceramic Matrix Composite Components (pages 425–433): P. Khandelwal, S. M. Shepard and T. AhmedChapter 51 Effect of Powder Characteristics on the ??to?? Si3N4 Transformation Kinetics (pages 437–447): T. N. Tiegs, F. C. Montgomery, J. L. Schroeder, D. L. Barker and P. A. MenchhoferChapter 52 Phase Transformation and Microstructure in the Mixed Cations of ??/???SiAlON Composite (pages 449–456): Tzer?Shin SheuChapter 53 Optimization of Sintering Aids in Silicon Nitrides for Cutting Tool Application (pages 457–464): R. D. Nixon and P. K. MehrotraChapter 54 Porous Silicon Nitride with Oriented Anisotropic Pores (pages 465–472): Yasuhiro Shigegaki, Manuel E. Brito, Kiyoshi Hirao, Motohiro Toriyama and Shuzo KanzakiChapter 55 The Influence of Carbon on the Structure of Preceramic Polymer Derived SiC (pages 473–480): Lynne E. Kolaya and Nathan LewisChapter 56 High Temperature Characteristics of Si3N4/Bn Fibrous Monolithic Ceramics (pages 481–486): Shi Woo Lee and Do Kyung KimChapter 57 Effect of Sintering Atmosphere on the Microstructure Evolution and Mechanical Properties of Silicon Carbide Ceramics (pages 487–504): Hyung?Woo Jun, Hae?Weon Lee, Gyeung?Ho Kim, Heu?Sup Song and Byung?Ho KimChapter 58 Novel Microstructure of Microwave?Sintered Silicon Nitride Doped with Al2O3 and Y2O3 (pages 505–510): Yoon Chang Kim, Do Kyung Kim, Chong Hee Kim, Kang Bai and Jun Whan YangChapter 59 Correlation Between Microstructure and Mechanical Properties in Silicon Nitride Ceramics (pages 511–518): Hiroshi Hohjo, Nobuo Kamiya and Takashi MiyataChapter 60 Modelling of the Sintering Behaviour of Al2O3 with a Neural Network (pages 519–525): H. HofmannChapter 61 Preface (pages 529–530): Kathryn V. Logan, Zuhair A. Munir and Richard M. SpriggsChapter 62 Developments in Microwave Processing Technologies (pages 531–535): D. E. Clark and D. C. FolzChapter 63 Selected Examples of Microwave?Processed Materials (pages 536–541): Chapter 64 Microwave Joining and Repair of Ceramics and Ceramic Composites (pages 543–550): Ki?Yong Lee, Eldon D. Case and Donnie ReinhardChapter 65 Microwave Heating Rates of Silicon Carbide/Alumina Cement Susceptors (pages 551–556): K. S. Leiser, R. R. Di Fiore, A. D. Cozzi and D. E. ClarkChapter 66 Microwave Induced Reduction/Oxidation of Powders to Form Ceramic?Metal Composites (pages 557–562): R. R. Di Fiore and D. E. ClarkChapter 67 Shock Synthesis of Materials: Effects of Starting Materials and Shock Conditions (pages 563–571): Toshimori SekineChapter 68 Shock Reactive Synthesis of Refractory metal Aluminides and Silicides (pages 573–580): Tatsuhiko AizawaChapter 69 High?Speed bulk Mechanical Alloying for Solid?Phase Synthesis of Fine?Grained and Exotic Materials (pages 581–592): Tatsuhiko AizawaChapter 70 Bulk Mechanical Alloying of Co?Cu (pages 593–600): Tatsuhiko Aizawa, Zhao Cheng, Kazuto Tokumitsu and Junji KiharaChapter 71 Efficient Grinding of Silicon Nitride (pages 601–608): Y. Nagano and M. MizunoChapter 72 Effects of Pre?Existing Silicon Nitride in the Direct Nitridation Process of Liquid Silicon (pages 609–615): Tzer?Shin SheuChapter 73 Titanium Effects on Sintering and Grain Boundary Mobility of Alumina (pages 617–623): J. D. Powers and A. M. GlaeserChapter 74 Simultaneous Combustion Synthesis and Densification of SiC, TiC, and SiC?TiC Composites (pages 625–636): B. M. Karwoski, D. W. Readey and J. J. MooreChapter 75 Controlled Combustion Synthesis in the Ti?B System (pages 637–644): Z. X. Peng and S. B. BhaduriChapter 76 Combustion Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Powders in Al2O3?MgO Binary System (pages 645–652): S. Bhaduri, E. Zhou and S. B. BhaduriChapter 77 Development of Phases in Combustion Synthesized Nanocrystalline?ZrO2 (pages 653–660): E. Zhou, S. Bhaduri and S. B. BhaduriChapter 78 Preparation of Nanocrystalline Silicon Nitride Composite with Nano?Size Particles of Titanium Nitride (pages 661–668): Takashi Matsuura and Akira YamakawaChapter 79 Fabrication and Properties of Nano?Sized Bn?Particulate?Dispersed SiAION Ceramics (pages 669–677): T. Mizutani, T. Kusunose, M. Sando and K. NiiharaChapter 80 Preparation Of Mullite Coated SiC Particulates as Precursors for Mullite?SiC Nanocomposites (pages 679–686): U. S. Hareesh, G. M. Anilkumar, A. D. Damodaran and K. G. K. WarrierChapter 81 Potential of Nanosized Ceramic Powder for Functional Applications (pages 687–694): H. Hofinann, J. Dutta, S. Scholz?Odermatt, R. Vacassy and J.?Ch. ValmaletteChapter 82 Synthesis of Submicron ??SiC Powders (pages 695–702): Sai V. Cattamanchi and Rasit KocChapter 83 Kinetics and Phase Evolution During Carbothermal Synthesis of Titanium Carbide (pages 703–711): Rasit KocChapter 84 A Novel Non?Oxide Sol?Gel Process to Si?C?N Ceramics (pages 713–720): Andreas O. Gabriel and Ralf RiedelChapter 85 Recent Advances in Rapid Vapor?Phase Densification of High?Temperature Fiber?Matrix Composites (pages 721–730): Ilan GoleckiChapter 86 Manufacturing of Plasma?Sprayed Graded Structures (pages 731–738): M. I. MendelsonChapter 87 The Design of a Piezoelectric Based Sensor for Applications at High Temperature (pages 739–746): B. R. Jooste, S. Schroeder and H. J. ViljoenChapter 88 Hydrothermal Synthesis of Diamond: Challenges and Opportunities (pages 747–754): Y. G. Gogotsi and K. G. NickelChapter 89 Thermal Diffusivity Mapping of 4D Carbon?Carbon Composites (pages 755–762): H. Wang and R. B. DinwiddieChapter 90 Characterization of Tri?Axially Reinforced 3?D C/C Composites (pages 763–770): T. Ozaki and T. Honda