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NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION OF CERAMICS SYSTEMS

Damage Sensitivity and Acoustic Emission of SiC/SiC Composite During Tensile Test and Static Fatigue at Intermediate Temperature after Impact Damage 3
M. Picard, E. Maillet, P. Reynaud, N.Godin, M. R'Mili, G. Fantozzi, J. Lamon

Determination of Acoustic Emission Sources Energy and Application towards Lifetime Prediction of Ceramic Matrix Composites 15
E. Maillet, N. Godin, M. R'Mili, P. Reynaud, J. Lamon, and G. Fantozzi

Nondestructive Evaluation of Thermal Barrier Coatings by Optical and Thermal Imaging Methods 27
J. G. Sun

Visualization of Internal Defects in Ceramic Products by using a UT Probe Array 35
Yoshihiro Nishimura and Takayuki Suzuki, Katsumi Fukuda, and Naoya Saito

Evaluation of Ceramic Materials and Joints using UT and X-Ray 47
Yoshihiro Nishimura, Takayuki Suzuki, Naoki Kondo, and Hideki Kita

Investigation of Non-Destructive Evaluation Methods Applied to Oxide/Oxide Fiber Reinforced Ceramic Matrix Composite 57
Richard E. Johnston, Martin R. Bache, Mathew Amos, Dimosthenis Liaptsis, Robert Lancaster, Richard Lewis, Paul Andrews, and Ian Edmonds

WEAR, CHIPPING, AND FATIGUE OF CERAMICS AND COMPOSITES

Edge Chip Fracture Resistance of Dental Materials 71
Janet B. Quinn, George D. Quinn, and Kathleen M. Hoffman

High Pressure Seawater Impingement Resistance of Low Silica Aluminum Oxides 85
Tim Dyer, Ralph Quiazon, and Mike Rodgers

Wear Behavior of Ceramic/Metal Composites 93
M. K. Aghajanian, B. P. Givens, M. C. Watkins, A. L. McCormick, and W. M. Waggoner

Use of Ceramic Sliding Systems in a Prototype Gasoline Pump with Operating Pressures of up to 80 MPa 101
C. Pfister, H. Kubach, U. Spicher, M. Riva, and M. J. Hoffmann

Machinability Studies of AI/SiC/B4C Metal Matrix Hybrid Composites using PCD 1600 Grade Insert 115
Akshay Maheshwari, E.N. Ashwin Kumar, and Anuttam Teja

Fretting Fatigue Failure of Engineering Ceramics 125
C. Wörner and K.-H. Lang

MICROSTRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MONOLITHIC AND COMPOSITE SYSTEMS

Low CTE and High Stiffness Diamond Reinforced SiC Based Composites with Machineable Surfaces for Mirrors and Structures 135
M. A. Akbas, D. Mastrobattisto, B. Vance, P. Jurgaitis, S. So, P. Chhillar and M. K. Aghajanian

Tailoring Microstructures in Mullite for Toughness Enhancement 143
D. Glymond, M. Vick, M.-J. Pan, F. Giuliani, and L. J. Vandeperre

Microstructures of La-Doped Low Thermal Expansion Cordierite Ceramics 153
Hiroto Unno, Shoichi Toh, Jun Sugawara, Kensaku Hattori, Seiichiro Uehara, and Syo Matsumura

Strategies to Optimize the Strength and Fracture Resistance of Ceramic Laminates 163
Raul Bermejo, Zdenek Chlup, Lucie Sestakova, Oldrich Sevecek, and Robert Danzer

Investigation of Critical Fiber Length in Phenol Matrix Based Short Fiber CFRP by Double Overlap Joints 175
Daniel Heim, Swen Zaremba, and Klaus Drechsler

Mechanical and Microstructural Characterization of C/C-SiC Manufactured Via Triaxial and Biaxial Braided Fiber Preforms 183
Fabian Breede, Martin Friess, Raouf Jemmali, Dietmar Koch, Heinz Voggenreiter, Virginia Frenzel, and Klaus Drechsler

Influence of Fiber Fabric Density and Matrix Fillers as well as Fiber Coating on the Properties of OXIPOL Materials 195
Sandrine Hoenig, Enrico Klatt, Martin Frieß, Cedric Martin, Ibrahim Naji, and Dietmar Koch

Weave and Fiber Volume Effects in a PIP CMC Material System 207
G. Ojard, E. Prevost, U. Santhosh, R. Naik, and D. C. Jarmon

Innovative Clay-Cellulosic Biosourced Composite: Formulation and Processing 219
Gisele L. Lecomte-Nana, Olivier Barre, Catherine Nony, Gilles Lecomte, and Thierry Terracol

Processing and Testing Re2Si207 Matrix Composites 233
Emmanuel E. Boakye, Kristin A. Keller, Pavel S. Mogilevsky, Triplicane A. Parthasarathy, Mark A. Ahrens, Randall S. Hay, and Michael K. Cinibulk

Reaction Bonded Si/SiB6: Effect of Carbon Additions on Composition and Properties 243
S. Salamone, M. K. Aghajanian, and O. Spriggs, and S. E. Horner

Kinetics of Passive Oxidation of Hi-NICALON-S SiC Fibers in Wet Air: Relationships between Si02 Scale Thickness, Crystallization, and Fiber Strength 253
R. S. Hay, G. E. Fair, A. Hart, S. Potticary, and R. Bouffioux

Study on the Stiffness of Comeld Composites Joints 261
Hongjian Zhang, Weidong Wen, and Haitao Cui

High-Temperature Interlaminar Tension Test Method Development for Ceramic Matrix Composites 273
Todd Z. Engel

Tensile Fracture Mechanism of Silicon Impregnated C/C Composite 287
Akio Ohtani and Ken Goto

Effects of Target Supports on Foreign Object Damage in an Oxide/Oxide CMC 299
D. Calvin. Faucett, Jennifer Wright, Matthew Ayre, and Sung R. Choi

Experimental and Numerical Study on Application of a CMC Nozzle for High Temperature Gas Turbine 315
Kozo Nita, Yoji Okita, and Chiyuki Nakamata

Author Index 325