Developments and Applications of Advanced Engineering Ceramics and Composites

Preface ix

Processing and Fabrication—Oxide Systems

Processing and Properties of Ti-base Intermetallic Particles Dispersed Tetragonal Zirconia 3
Norihito Tanaka, Tohru Sekino, Takafumi Kusunose, Tadachika Nakayama, and Koichi Niihara

In-Situ Synthesis of Oxide/Oxide Composites 11
Zhong-Chun Chen, Toshihiko Okazawa, and Keisuke Ikeda

Fabrication and Characterization of Zirconia-Based Composites Containing Dispersed Monazite Particles 23
A. Hirvonen, R. Ramaseshan, T. Kusunose, T. Sekino, and K. Niihara

Monazite Fiber Coatings for Oxide Composites 33
Emmanuel E. Boakye, Pavel Mogilevsky, Randall S. Hay, and Michael K. Cinibulk

Fabrication and Mechanical Properties of Leucite-Containing Alumina Ceramics 43
Fumiharu Sato, Shinobu Hashimoto, Sawao Honda, and Hideo Awaji

Mo-SiO2 Functionally Graded Materials for High Intensity Discharge Lamps 53
Ayumu Umemoto, Koichi Hayashi, Kunihiko Nakashima, Noritaka Saito, Kenji Kaneko, and Keisaku Ogi

Densification of Al2O3-SiO2-TiO2-Based Ceramic Coating Film by Grain Size Control 59
Y. Muroya, K. Shimanoe, Y. Teraoka, N. Yamazoe, and Y. Haruta

Processing and Fabrication—Non-Oxide Systems

Grain Growth of ß-Silicon Nitride in RE-Mg-Si-O-N Liquid 73
Noritaka Saito, Daiji Nakata, Kunihiko Nakashima, and Ayumu Umemoto

Preparation of Nanostructured Silicon Carbide Using a Chemical Vapor Reaction 81
H. Tsuda, H. Mabuchi-Nakatani, and K. Okamura

Microstructural and Thermal Characterization

In-Situ Observation of Structural Transition in Rare Earth Manganites by TEM 97
Hiromi Nakano, Nobuo Ishizawa, and Naoki Kamegashira

Thermal Expansion of Nickel/Samarium-Doped Ceria Cermet 105
Soichiro Sameshima, Yoshihiro Hirata, and Keisuke Higashinakagawa

The Effect of Crystal Phase Formation on Leachability of Pb From Glass Ceramics Prepared From Industrial Zinc Waste 115
Bussaraporn Patarachao, Sirithan Jiemsirilers, Parjaree Thavorniti, and Sitthisuntorn Supothina

Thermomechanical Characterization

Effect of Fluoride Additives on the Hydroxyapatite Laminate Composites 125
Sung-Hwan Kim and Sang-Yeup Park

Effect of h-BN on the Microstructure, Mechanical Properties, and Machinability of Si3N4-based Ceramic Composites 131
Z. H. Piao, W. S. Cho, J. H. Lee, M. W. Cho, C. Cho, and Z. A. Munir

Weight Fraction Effects of Nanoparticle Inclusion on Mechanical Performance of Continuous Fiber Ceramic Nanocomposites 141
Vamshi M. Gudapati, Vinod P. Veedu, Anyuan Cao, and Mehrdad N. Ghasemi-Nejhad

Increase of Structural Integrity Machined Alumina/SiC Using Crack-Healing 155
Kotoji Ando, Masato Ono, Wataru Nakao, Koji Takahashi, and Shinji Saito

Influence of Geometrical Irregularities on the Creep Behavior of Ceramic Fibers 163
Ian J. Davies and Rodney D. Entwistle

Influence of Oxidation on the Micro-Mechanical Properties of a 3-D Woven SiC/SiC Composite Tested in Air at 1100°C 175
Ian J. Davies, Sorn Sieng, Toshio Ogasawara, and Takashi Ishikawa

Influence of EBC Coating on Tensile Properties of Ml SiC/SiC Composites 187
Ramakrishna T. Bhatt, Gregory N. Morscher, and Kang N. Lee

Design Concepts, Test Methods, and Standards

A Material Design Concept for Toughened Ceramics 199
Hideo Awaji, Takuya Matsunaga, and Seong-Min Choi

Crack-Healing + Proof Test: A New Methodology to Guarantee the Reliability and the Quality of a Ceramic Component 213
Masato Ono, Wataru Nakao, Koji Takahashi, Kotoji Ando, and Masahiko Nakatani

Development of Elevated Fracture Toughness Testing Method Standard for Advanced Ceramics 223
Michael G. Jenkins and Jonathan A. Salem

Comparison of Static Fatigue SCG Models for Dense Ceramics 237
Michael G. Jenkins and Jonathan A. Salem

Next Generation Nuclear Power and the Need for Test Standards, Design Codes, and Data Bases for Ceramic Matrix Composites 251
Michael G. Jenkins

Component Development and Industrial Applications

Development of Strong Photocatalytic Fiber with Surface Gradient Structure 261
Toshihlro Ishikawa

Hot Section Si3N4 Materials Development for Advanced Microturbines Applications 273
Vimal K. Pujari, Ara M. Vartabedian, and William T. Collins

Development of SOFC Stack at KIST Using 10x10 cm2 Anode Supported Cells 285
Hae-Weon Lee, Hwa-Young Jung, Jl-Won Son, Joosun Kim, and Jong-Ho Lee

Engineered Refractories for Slagging Gasifiers 295
Kyei-Sing Kwong, James Bennett, Rick Krabbe, Hugh Thomas, and Cynthia Powell

Index 305