This book is a collection of papers from The American Ceramic Society's 35th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, held in Daytona Beach, Florida, January 23-28, 2011. This issue includes papers presented in the Mechanical Behavior and Performance of Ceramics & Composites Symposium on topics such as processing-microstructure properties correlations; fracture mechanics, modeling and testing; tribological properties; applications; and processing.

Preface ix
Introduction xi
COMPOSITES: FIBERS, MATRICES, INTERFACES, AND APPLICATIONS
Oxide Fiber Coatings for Silicon Carbide Ceramic Matrix Composites 3
Emmanuel E. Boakye, Pavel S. Mogilevsky, T. A. Parthasarathy, Randall S. Hay, Michael K. Cinibulk, and M. Ahrens
Transmission Electron Microscopy of Rare-Earth Orthophosphate Fiber-Matrix Interphases that Deform by Transformation Plasticity During Fiber Push-Out 15
R. S. Hay, G. E. Fair, E. E. Boakye, P. Mogilevsky, T. A. Parthasarathy, M. Ahrens, and T. J. Godar
Processing of Oxide/Oxide Composites for Gas Turbine Applications Based on Braiding Technique (OXITEX) 23
Christian Wilhelmi, Thays Machry, Ralf Knoche, and Dietmar Koch
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF CERAMICS AND COMPOSITES
Relationships Between Fiber Strength, Passive Oxidation and Scale Crystallization Kinetics of Hi-Nicalon-S SiC Fibers 39
R. S. Hay, G. E. Fair, R. Bouffioux, E. Urban, J. Morrow, A. Hart, and M. Wilson
FRACTURE MECHANICS, MODELING, AND MECHANICAL TESTING
Specimen Stress Equilibrium in Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar Tests of Ceramics at High Strain Rate 55
Jianming Yuan, Jan Ma, and Geoffrey E.B. Tan
Residual Stress in Ceramic Zirconia-Porcelain Crowns by Nanoindentation 67
Y. Zhang and J. C. Hanan
Design and Development Approach for Gas Turbine Combustion Chambers Made of Oxide Ceramic Matrix Composites 77
Ralf Knoche, Erich Werth, Markus Weth, Jesus Gomez Garcia, Christian Wilhelmi, and Miklos Gerendäs
Effects of Preloading on Foreign Object Damage in an N720/Alumina Oxide/Oxide Ceramic Matrix Composite 89
D. Calvin Faucett and Sung R. Choi
Frequency and Hold-Time Effects on Durability of Melt-Infiltrated SiC/SiC 101
G. Ojard, Y. Gowayed, G. Morscher, U. Santhosh, J. Ahmad, R. Miller, and R. John
Mechanical and Microstructural Characterization of Reaction Bonded Silicon Carbide Processed with Petroleum Coke 111
Rodrigo P. Silva and Celio A. Costa
NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION
Identification of Damage Modes in Ceramic Matrix Composites by Acoustic Emission Signal Pattern Recognition 123
N. Godin, M. R'Mili, P. Reynaud, G. Fantozzi, and J. Lamon
An Indentation Based Non-Destructive Evaluation Technique for Thermal Barrier Coating Spallation Prediction 135
J. M. Tannenbaum, K. Lee, B. S.-J. Kang, and M. A. Alvin
Determination of Apparent Porosity Level of Refractory Concrete Using Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity Technique and Image Analysis 151
Anja Terzic , Ljubica Pavlovic , and Vojislav Mitic
PROCESSING-MICROSTRUCTURE-PROPERTIES CORRELATIONS
Sintering Behavior of Lithium-Titanate Pebbles: Modifications of Microstructure and Pore Morphology 165
D. Mandal, D. Sen, S. Mazumder, MRK Shenoi, S. Ramnathan, and D. Sathiyamoorthy
Silicon Carbide Based Sandwich Structures: Processing and Properties 171
Alberto Ortona, Claudio D'Angelo, Simone Pusteria, and Sandra Gianella
Chemically Bonded Phosphate Ceramics with Different Fiber Reinforcements 181
H. A. Colorado, C. Hiel, and H. T. Hahn
Preceramic-Polymer-Bonded SiC Preforms for High Volume Fraction SiCp/AI Composites 189
Kuljira Sujirote, Kannigar Dateraksa, Sukunthakan Ngernbamrung, Ryan McCuiston, Trinmet Sungkapan, and Jessada Wannasin
Novel High Temperature Wound Oxide Ceramic Matrix Composites Manufactured via Freeze Gelation 201
Thays Machry, Christian Wilhelmi, and Dietmar Koch
Effect of Reaction Time on Composition and Properties of SiC-Diamond Ceramic Composites 213
S. Salamone, and O. Spriggs
Pressureless Sintering of Boron Carbide Using Amorphous Boron and SiC as Additives 223
Celio A. Costa, Victor Manuel, Jose Brant de Campos, and Pedro Augusto de S.L. Cosentino
Effect of Reactive Heat Treatment on Properties of AI-Mg-B4C Composites 229
M. K. Aghajanian, A. L. McCormick, and W. M. Waggoner
Cohesive Strength of Dry Powders Using Rheology 237
Nicholas Ku, Sara Reynaud, Chuck Rohn, and Rich Haber
Effect of Heat Treatment on Thermal Properties of Pitch-Based Carbon Fiber and Pan-Based Carbon Fiber Carbon-Carbon Composites 245
Sardar S. Iqbal, Ralph Dinwiddie, Wallace Porter, Michael Lance, and Peter Filip
TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF CERAMICS AND COMPOSITES
Ceramic Foam/Aluminium Alloy Interpenetrating Composites for Wear Resistance Applications 257
J. Liu, J, Binner, R. Higginson, and C. Munnings
An Experimental Study on the Effects of SiC on the Sintering and Mechanical Properties of Cr3C2-NiCr Cermets 271
Ali Ozer, Waltraud M. Kriven, and Yahya Kemal Tur
Increasing the Operating Pressure of Gasoline Injection Pumps via Ceramic Sliding Systems 281
C. Pfister, H. Kubach, and U. Spicher
Property and Microstructural Correlations to Wear on Reaction Bonded Materials 297
A. L. Marshall and S. Salamone
Author Index 305