Fracture Mechanics of Ceramics: Volume 8: Microstructure, Methods, Design, and Fatigue

Fracture Mechanics and Microstructures.- Microstructure and the Strength of Ceramics.- Mechanical Behavior of Lightweight Ceramics.- Precipitation and Toughness in Alumina-Rich Spinel Single Crystals.- Microfracture Behaviour of Fine Grained Alumina Stupied Studied by Indentation and Acoustic Emission in Various Environments.- Microfracture Process During Fracture Toughness Testing in Al2O3 Ceramics Evaluated by AE Source Characterization.- Effect of Static Loading on the Fracture Toughness of Indentation-Precraked Alumina.- Non-Lubricated Sliding Wear of Al2O3, PSZ, and SiC.- Mixed-Mode Fracture of Ceramics.- Some Fracture Properties of Alumina-Containing Electrical Porcelains.- Transformation Toughening in The Al2O3-Cr2O3/ZrO2-HfO2 System: The Effect of ZrO2-HfO2 Content.- Strength-Toughness Relationships for Transformation Toughened Ceramics.- Tensile Strength and Notch Sensitivity of Mg-PSZ.- Fracture Mechanisms in Lead Zirconate Titanate Ceramics.- Loading-Unloading Techniques for Determining Fracture Parameters of Brittle Materials Utilizing Four-Point Bend, Chevron-Notched Specimens.- Application of The Potential Drop Technique to the Fracture Mechanics of Ceramics.- A Comparison of Vickers and Knoop Indentations in Soda-Lime Glass.- Ceramics-To-Metal Bonding From a Fracture Mechanics Perspective.- Observed Changes in Fracture Strength Following Laser Irradiation and Ion Beam Mixing of Ni Overlayers on Sintered Alpha-SiC.- Sub-Critical Crack Growth, Surface Energy and Fracture Toughness of Brittle Materials.- Microstructural Effects on The Subcritical Crack Growth in Polycrystalline ??-Alumina.- Crack Growth in Single-Crystal Silicon.- A Fracture Mechanics and Non-Destructive Evaluation Investigation of the Subcritical-Fracture Process in Rock.- Static Fatigue Resistance of Hot Pressed Silicon Nitride.- Time Dependent Failure of Ceramic Materials in Sustained and Fatigue Loading.- The Role of Surface Forces in Fracture.- Slow Crack Growth in Sintered Silicon Nitride.- Computer Simulation of The Growth of Small Surface Flaws in Dynamic Fatigue.- Uniaxial Tensile Fatigue Testing of Sintered Silicon Carbide Under Cyclic Temperature Change.- Effect of Surface Corrosion on Glass Fracture.- Contributors.- Authors.