Dileep Singh & Jonathan Salem 
Mechanical Properties and Performance of Engineering Ceramics and Composites X [EPUB ebook] 
A Collection of Papers Presented at the 39th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, Volume 36, Issue 2

Preface vii
Introduction ix
International Standards for Properties and Performance of Advanced Ceramics 1
Michael G. Jenkins, Jonathan A. Salem, John Helfinstine, George D. Quinn,
and Stephen T. Gonczy
Tensile Creep and Rupture Behavior of Different Fiber Content and Type Single Tow Si C/Si C Minicomposites 11
Amjad Almansour, Emmanuel Maillet, and Gregory N. Morscher
Optical Deformation Analysis of Alumina Based Wound Highly Porous CMCs 21
S. Hackemann and J. Wischek
Electrical Resistance and Acoustic Emission during Fatigue Testing of Si C/Si C Composites 33
Zipeng Han and Gregory N. Morscher
Ti-Based Ceramic Composite Processing using Hybrid Centrifugal Thermite Assisted Technique 41
Reza Mahmoodian, M.A. Hassan, and Mohd Hamdi Bin Abd Shukor
Ceramic Matrix Composites: Residual Tensile Testing after Intermediate Temperature Oxidation 49
G. Ojard, I. Smyth, U. Santhosh, Y. Gowayed, and D. C. Jarmon
Ceramic Matrix Composites: Effect of Defects on Fatigue and Nondestructive Evaluation 59
I. Smyth, G. Ojard, N. Magdefrau, U. Santhosh, J. Ahmad, and Y. Gowayed
Effect of Particle Loading on Properties, Damping, and Wear of Al/Si C MMCs 65
S. Salamone, B. Givens, K. Kremer, and M. Aghajanian
Novel Application of Fractal Analysis in Refractory Composite Microsturctural Characterization 73
Anja Terzi , Vojislav Miti , Ljubisa Koci , Zagorka Radojevi , and Sne?ana
Pasali
Hardmetals based on Niobium Carbide (Nb C) versus Casted Nb C Bearing MMCs 87
Mathias Woydt and Hardy Mohrbacher
Weight Loss Mechanism of (La0.8Sr0.2)0.98Mn O3±delta during Thermal Cycles 93
Shadi Darvish, Ali Karbasi, Surendra K. Saxena, and Yu Zhong
Engineering Application of Menger Sponge 101
R. Kitazawa
Author Index 109