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Jonathan Salem is the author of seven business books, a former regular contributor to Forbes, Advertising Age, and marketing category expert at Answers.com, and a frequently quoted SME for the media on breaking business news. He previously wrote about the intersection of brands & technology for Information Week. He's a Senior Fellow Emeritus at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, and a Disruptor Foundation Fellow.

Introduction xi

International Standards for Properties and Performance of Advanced Ceramics—30 Years of Excellence 1
Michael G. Jenkins, Jonathan A. Salem, John Helfinstine, George D. Quinn, and Stephen T. Gonczy

Stable Fracture Testing of Brittle Materials 13
C. Baudín and A. García-Prieto

Adventures and Misadventures in Applying ASTM Standard Test Method C 1421 to Measurements of the Fracture Toughness, KIC, of Glasses 29
G. D. Quinn and Jeffrey J. Swab

Effects of Aqueous Solutions on Slow Crack Growth of Soda Lime Silicate Glass 45
Bronson D. Hausmann and Jonathan A. Salem

Modified Asymmetric Four-Point Bend Test Method for In-Plane Shear Properties of Ceramic Matrix Composites at Elevated Temperatures 53
Hisato Inoue, Masahiro Takanashi, Takeshi Nakamura, Takuya Aoki, and Toshio Ogasawara

Development of Transthickness Tension Test Method for Ceramic Matrix Composites at Elevated Temperatures 61
Hisato Inoue, Masahiro Takanashi, and Takeshi Nakamura

Fatigue Behavior of SiC/SiC Ceramic Matrix Composites 71
Takeshi Nakamura, Shinji Muto, and Takashi Manabe

Tension-Compression Fatigue of a Nextel™720/Alumina Composite at 1200° C in Air and in Steam 79
R.L. Lanser and M. B. Ruggles-Wrenn

Facility for Testing SiC Fiber Tows at Elevated Temperature in Silicic Acid-Saturated Steam 95
S. J. Robertson, K. B. Sprinkle, and M. B. Ruggles-Wrenn

Fiber Strength of Hi-NicalonTM-S After Oxidation and Scale Crystallization in Si(OH)4 Saturated Steam 109
R. S. Hay, R. Corns, A. Ross, B. Larson, and P. Kazmierski

Long Term Durability Results from Ceramic Matrix Composites: Comparison Across Multiple Material Systems (Part I) 121
G. Ojard, A. Calomino, B. Flandermeyer, J. Brennan, D. Jarmon, and D. Brewer

Influence of Curvature on High Velocity Impact of SiC/SiC Composites 131
Michael J. Presby, Rabih Mansour, Manigandan Kannan, Richard K. Smith, Gregory N. Morscher, Frank Abdi, Cody Godines, and Sung Choi

Characterization of Deformation and Damage in Porous SOFC Components via Spherical Indentation and Simulation 143
Zhangwei Chen, Alan Atkinson, and Nigel Brandon

Micro-Scale Sand Particles within the Hot-Section of a Gas Turbine Engine 159
M. J. Walock, B. D. Barnett, A. Ghoshal, M. Murugan, J. J. Swab, M. S. Pepi, D. Hopkins, G. Gazonas, C. Rowe, and K. Kerner

Sintering Properties of TiB2 Synthesized from Carbon Coated Precursors 171
Zhezhen Fu and Rasit Koc

Microstructure and Phase Relationship of Aluminum Boride/Carbide Composites 183
S. Salamone, M. Aghajanian, S. E. Horner, and J. Q. Zheng

Application of FeNbC as a Hardfacing Material Using Laser Cladding—Part II 195
Eduardo Tavares Galvani, Sergio Simoes, Carlos Henrique Novaes Banov, Hugo Leandro Rosa, Eduardo Cannizza, and Edmundo Burgos Cruz

Pressurless Infiltration of Al2O3 Preform Containing Aligned Two-Dimensional Channels with Al-Mg-Si Alloy 207
E. C. Hammel, M. S. Shohag, D. O. Olawale, O. I. Okoli, and V. A. Ravi

Functional Properties of MWCNT-Alumina Composites Prepared by Novel Approach 217
Ondrej Hanzel, Jaroslav Sedlá ek, and Pavol Šajgalík

Strength Improvements in Clay-Based Ceramic Reinforced with Discontinuous Basalt Fiber 227
Gregory P. Kutyla, Patrick F. Keane, Waltraud M. Kriven, Thomas A. Carlson, and Charles P. Marsh

An Experimental Study on Fabrication, Mechanical Behavior Characterization and Micro Structural Evolution in Glass-Metal Joints 235
Rakesh Joshi and Rahul Chhibber

A Multiscale Analysis Tool for Predicting Flat Coupon Analysis Based Behavior of Ceramic Matrix Composite Components/Sub-Elements 245
M. Bailakanavar, A. Nair, P. Woelke, N. Abboud, G. Ojard, and G. Jefferson

Simulation and Experimental Validation of the Deformation and Stress Evolution During Cosintering of Ceramic Laminated Composites 263
S. E. van Kempen, N. A. Giang, U. A. Özden, A. Bezold, C. Broeckmann, R. Hammerbacher, A. Roosen, and F. Lange

Author Index 271