This volume is a compilation of papers presented in the Mechanical Behavior and Performance of Ceramics & Composites symposium during the 34th International Conference & Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC) held January 24-29, 2010, in Daytona Beach, Florida.
The Mechanical Behavior and Performance of Ceramics & Composites symposium was one of the largest symposia in terms of the number (>100) of presentations at the ICACC’10. This symposium covered wide ranging and cutting-edge topics on mechanical properties and reliability of ceramics and composites and their correlations to processing, microstructure, and environmental effects. Symposium topics included:
- Ceramics and composites for engine applications
- Design and life prediction methodologies
- Environmental effects on mechanical properties
- Mechanical behavior of porous ceramics
- Ultra high temperature ceramics
- Ternary compounds
- Mechanics & characterization of nanomaterials and devices
- Novel test methods and equipment
- Processing – microstructure – mechanical properties correlations
- Ceramics & composites joining and testing
- NDE of ceramic components
