| Description |
xxii, 448 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Stress and Strain -- 2. Types of Mechanical Behavior -- 3. Elasticity -- 4. Strength of Defect-Free Solids -- 5. Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics -- 6. Measurements of Elasticity, Strength, and Stress Intensity Factors -- 7. Statistical Treatment of Strength -- 8. Subcritical Crack Propagation -- 9. Stable Crack Propagation and R-Curve Behavior -- 10. An Overview of Toughening Mechanisms in Ceramics -- 11. Toughening by Transformation -- 12. Mechanical Properties of Continuous-Fiber-Reinforced Ceramic-Matrix Composites -- 13. Mechanical Properties of Whisker-, Ligament-, and Platelet-Reinforced Ceramic-Matrix Composites -- 14. Cyclic Fatigue of Ceramics -- 15. Thermal Stress and Thermal Shock in Ceramics -- 16. Fractography -- 17. Dislocations and Plastic Deformation in Ductile Crystals -- 18. Dislocations and Plastic Deformation in Ceramics -- 19. Creep in Ceramics -- 20. Creep Rupture in Ceramics at High Temperatures and Safe-Life Design |
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21. Mechanical Properties of Glass and Glass-Ceramics -- 22. Mechanical Properties of Polycrystalline Ceramics in General and Design Considerations -- 23. Mechanical Behavior of Aluminum Oxide -- 24. Mechanical Properties of Silicon Nitride and Related Materials -- 25. Mechanical Properties of Silicon Carbide -- 26. Mechanical Properties of Zirconia and Zirconia-Toughened Alumina -- 27. Mechanical Properties of Porous Ceramics |
| Notes |
"A Wiley-Interscience publication." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-442) and index |
| Subject |
Ceramic materials -- Mechanical properties.
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| LC no. |
95036612 |
| ISBN |
0471133167 (cloth : acid-free paper) |
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