The 8th International Symposium on fracture mechanics of ceramics was held in on the campus of the University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA, on February 25-28, 2003. With the natural maturing of the fields of structural ceramics, this symposium focused on nano-scale materials, composites, thin films and coatings as well as glass. The symposium also addressed new issues on fundamentals of fracture mechanics and contact mechanics, and a session on reliability and standardization.
Contact Mechanics.- Atomic Force Microscopy at Ultrasonic Frequencies.- Indentation Size Effect on the Hardness of Zirconia Polycrystals.- Indentation Fracture, Acoustic Emission and Modelling of the Mechanical Properties of Thin Ceramic Coatings.- Nanoindentation, Nanoscratch and Nanoimpact Testing of Silicon-Based Materials with Nanostructured Surfaces.- Microstructural Control of Indentation Crack Extension under Externally Applied Stress.- Instrumented Hardness Test on Alumina Ceramics and Single Crystal with Spherical Indenter.- Glass.- Controlling the Fragmentation Behavior of Stressed Glass.- Elasto-Plastic Behavior of Glassy Carbon and Silica Glass by Nano-Indentation with Spherical Tipped Indenter.- Scratch Test for Evaluation of Surface Damage in Glass.- Shear Driven Damage and Internal Friction in Indentation Loading of a Glass-Ceramic.- Indentation and Scratching of Glass: Load, Composition and Temperature Effects.- Effects of Tin on the Physical Properties and Crack Growth in Soda-Lime-Silica Float Glass.- Indentation Size Effect for Glasses: Yes, There is a Fracture Contribution.- Fracture of Nano-Scale Materials.- Slow Crack Propagation in Ceramics at the Nano- and Micro-Scale: Effect of the Microstructure.- Toughening and Strengthening Mechanisms in Nanocomposites Based on Dislocation Activity.- Composites.- Creep Behavior and Mechanism for CMCs with Continuous Ceramic Fibers.- Strain Accumulation and Damage Evolution During Creep of SiCf/SiC Composites.- Model³±
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