Dileep Singh & Dongming Zhu 
Design, Development, and Applications of Structural Ceramics, Composites, and Nanomaterials [PDF ebook] 

Preface ix
ENGINEERING CERAMICS AND CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES: DESIGN,
DEVELOPMENT, AND APPLICATIONS
Design and Testing of a C/C-Si C Nozzle Extension
Manufactured Via Filament Winding Technique and Liquid
Silicon Infiltration 3
Fabian Breeds, Raouf Jemmali, Heinz Voggenreiter, and Dietmar
Koch
Preparation of Zirconium Phosphate Bonded Silicon Nitride Porous
Ceramics Reinforced by In-Situ Reacted Silicon Nitride Nanowires
15
Fei Chen, Feiyu Li, Kaiyu Wang, Qiang Shen, and Lianmeng
Zhang
Residual Strains in Structural Stone: A Degradation Mechanism
25
Victoria Shushakova, Edwin R. Fuller, Jr., Florian Heidelbach,
and Siegfried Siegesmund
Joining of Si C/Si C Ceramic Matrix Composites Using REABOND
Technology 39
Michael C. Halbig, Mrityunjay Singh, and Craig E. Smith
Fracture Criterion of Short Carbon Fiber-Dispersed Si C Matrix
Composite under Mixed Mode Loading Condition 53
Ryo Inoue, Hideki Kakisawa, and Yutaka Kagawa
Ceramic Matrix Composites Manufactured by Multistep
Densification of Si-O-C Fiber Preform 61
L. Maille, M. A. Dourges, S. Le Ber, and R. Pailler
Effects of Particle Size and Crystalline Phases Developed after
Thermal Shock Cycles on the Physical Properties and Mechanical
Resistance of Cordierite-Mullite Concrete Mixes 71
Ana Ma Paniagua Mercado, Arturo Mendez Sanchez, Elvia Diaz
Valdes, and Concepcion Mejia Garcia
ADVANCED CERAMIC COATINGS: PROCESSING, PROPERTIES, AND
APPLICATIONS
Development of New Observation System used for Deformation
Measurement of Ceramic Matrix Composites at High Temperature
81
Y. L. Dong, H. Kakisawa, and Y. Kagawa
Anti-Reflective Surface Structures in Spinel Ceramic Windows
89
Catalin M. Florea, Lynda E. Busse, Shyam Bayya, Brandon Shaw,
Ishwar D. Aggarwal, and Jas S. Sanghera
Ta-O-N Thin Films Deposited by Low Vacuum Reactive Sputtering
101
Takashi Hashizume, Atsushi Saiki, and Kiyoshi Terayama
Control of Mass-Transfer through Grain Boundaries in a
Protective Alumina Layer by Dopant Configuration in Advanced EBCs
107
Satoshi Kitaoka, Tsuneaki Matsudaira, Masashi Wada, Makoto
Tanaka, Takafumi Ogawa, and Yutaka Kagawa
Fabrication of K2Ta206 Films by Hydrothermal Method and their
Optical Property 119
Atsushi Saiki and Takashi Hashizume
Finite Element Modeling of Compressor Blade Leading Edge Curl,
Erosion and Deformation 127
George M. Slota and Douglas E. Wolfe
GEOPOLYMERS-LOW ENERGY, ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY, INORGANIC
POLYMERIC CERAMICS
Development of Thai Fly Ash Blended with Rice Husk Ash Geopolymers
145
Duangrudee Chaysuwan, Chayanee Tippayasam, Pimpawee
Keawpapasson, Parjaree Thavorniti, Thammarat Panyathanmaporn,
Sirithan Jiemsirilers, and Cristina Leonelli
Characterization of Cotton Fabric Reinforced Geopolymer Composites
Modified with Portland Cement 155
T. Alomayri, F. U. A. Shaikh, and I. M. Low
MULTIFUNCTIONAL METAL OXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES AND
HETEROARCHITECTURES FOR ENERGY AND DEVICE APPLICATIONS
Synthesis of y Mn OOH and ß-Mn O2 Nanowires and
their Electrochemical Capacitive Behavior 171
Indra B. Singh and Su Moon Park
ADVANCED CHARACTERIZATION AND MODELING OF CERAMIC
INTERFACES
The Effect of Interface and Micro-Crack on Physical Property and
Performance of Ceramic Materials 181
Justin Gao
Author Index 195

Hua-Tay Lin is the editor of Design, Development, and Applications of Structural Ceramics, Composites, and Nanomaterials, published by Wiley.