Jacques Lamon & Sung R. Choi 
Processing and Properties of Advanced Ceramics and Composites III 

This book contains 17 papers from the Innovative Processing and Synthesis of Ceramics, Glasses and Composites and Advances in Ceramic Matrix Composites symposia held during the 2010 Materials Science and Technology (MS&T’10) meeting, October 17-21, 2010, Houston, Texas. Topics include: Fiber Composites; Modeling and Characterization; Nanomaterials; Testing; Microstructure-Property Relationships; Advanced Coatings; and Processing Methods.

Table of Content

Preface ix

FIBER COMPOSITES.

Influence of Fiber Orientation on the Mechanical Properties and
Microstructure of C/C-Si C Composite Plates Produced by Wet Filament
Winding Technique 3

Fabian Breede, Severin Hof mann, Enrico Klatt, and Sandrine
Denis

High-Temperature Interlaminar Tension Test Method Development
for Ceramic Matrix Composites 11

Todd Z. Engel, Wayne S. Steffier, and Tony Magaldi

Life Limiting Behavior of Ceramic Matrix Composites Under
Interlaminar Shear at Elevated Temperatures 23

Sung R. Choi

NANO-CERAMICS AND COMPOSITES.

Effect of Coating Parameters on the Electrodeposition of Nickel
Containing Nano-Sized Alumina Particles 41

R. K. Saha, S. Mohamed, and T. I. Khan

Synthesis of AI203-Ti C Nano-Composite Particles by a Novel
Electro-Plasma Process 51

Kaiyang Wang, Peigen Zhang, Jiandong Liang, and S.M. Guo

TESTING, CHARACTERIZATION, AND MICROSTRUCTUREPROPERTY
RELATIONSHIPS.

Research on Tribological Properties of Reactive Sintered
Si3N4-Based Composite Ceramic 63

Hai-long Ma, Chong Cui, Xing Li, Yuan-ting Wang, and Hai-jun
Zhou

Preparation of Nano and Micron Sized Zr O2 Dispersed Al2O3
Ceramic Composites and Study Their Hardness and Fracture
Toughnesses 75

Kuntal Maiti and Anjan Sil

Influence of Particle Size Distribution of Wollastonite on the
Mechanical Properties of CBPCs (Chemically Bonded Phosphate
Ceramics) 85

H. A. Colorado, C. Hiel, and H. T. Hahn

Foreign Object Damage in an N720/Alumina Oxide/Oxide Ceramic
Matrix Composite under Tensile Loading 99

D. Calvin Faucett and Sung R. Choi

FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS.

Thermally Sprayed Functionally Graded Materials 109

Pavel Chráska and Tomáé Chráska

CERAMIC PROCESSING.

Development of Ultra-High Temperature Stable Ceramics by
Reactive Infiltration Processes* 123

R. Voigt, W. Krenkel, G. Motz, and A. Can

Shape Evolution of Spanning Structures Fabricated by
Direct-Write Assembly of Concentrated Colloidal Gels 131

Cheng Zhu and James E. Smay

COMPOSITES PROCESSING.

Colloidal Processing of Ceramic-Ceramic and Ceramic-Metal
Composites 147

Rodrigo Moreno

Processing of Nitride Porous Ceramic Composites via Hybrid
Precursor System Chemical Vapor Deposition (HYSYCVD)/Direct
Nitridation (DN) 161

M. I. Pech-Canul and J. C. Flores-García

Effect of Nano-Si O2 on Microstructure, Interface and Mechanical
Properties of Whisker-Reinforced Cement Composites 173

Mingli Cao and Jianqiang Wei

DIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION AND MICROWAVE PROCESSING

Engineered Self-Organized Microstructures Using Directional
Solidification of Eutectics 185

V. M. Orera, J. I Peña, A. Larrea, R. I. Merino, and P. B.
Oliete

Effect of Different Fuels on the Microwave-Assisted Combustion
Synthesis of
Ni0.5Zn0.5Fe1.95Sm0.05O4
Ferrites 197

A. C. F. M. Costa, D. A. Vieira, V. C. Diniz, H. L. Lira, D. R.
Cornejo, and R. H. G. A. Kiminami

Author Index 207

*Paper Presented at the 8th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic
and Glass Technology, May 31-June 5, 2009