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Volume 4: Carbon/Carbon, Cement and Ceramic Matrix Composites Summary This volume covers fundamental and practical aspects of the properties and preparation of composites having carbon, cement or ceramic matrices in combination with a wide range of reinforcements and second phases having both fibrous and non-fibrous morphology. Mechanical, physical and chemical properties are considered as well as applications. In the main, the Volume is separated into chapters concerned with fundamental models of composite properties, chapters concerned with real, experimentally-based behaviour and chapters concerned with composite preparation. However, certain chapters consider both preparation and properties together where this is considered more appropriate and in particular where properties are closely linked to the mode of preparation. While the treatment of fundamentals is general, emphasis is placed on issues relevant to this type of composite, for example, interface design and the role of matrices that are brittle and elastic at moderate temperatures and that creep at elevated temperatures. The volume consists of twenty eight chapters with special attention being paid to coordination of the contents both within the Volume and with other volumes in the collection. Contents Matrix Materials Dr R Morrell Elastic and Thermoelastic Properties of Brittle Matrix Composites Professor P J Withers Stress--Strain Behavior of Brittle Matrix Composites Dr W A Curtin, Jr. Toughening Mechanisms in Short Fiber and Particle Toughened Ceramics Dr K Breder Toughening Mechanisms in Long Fiber Reinforced Brittle Matrix Composites Professor V Kostopoulos* Dr Y Z Pappas Creep of Ceramic Matrix Composites Dr G Fantozzi* Dr J Chevalier Dr C Olagnon Dr J L Chermant Fatigue in Ceramic Matrix Composites Dr U Ramamurty* Dr J C McNulty Dr M Steen The Oxidation and Corrosion Behavior of Nonoxide Ceramic and Ceramic Matrix Composites Dr D Baxter* Dr R Fordham Constituent Compatability and Microstructural Stability Professor S T Mileiko Interfaces in Ceramic Matrix Composites Professor M H Lewis Cement-based Composites Professor D Hannant Refractories Professor W E Lee Carbon Matrix Composites Professor R Taylor Processing and Properties of Porous Ceramic Matrix Composites Professor F F Lange* Dr F W Zok Dr C G Levi Layered Ceramic Structures Dr W J Clegg In Situ Reinforced Ceramics Dr M Mitomo Long-fiber-reinforced Dense Glass-- and Ceramic--Matrix Composites Professor B Harris Properties of CVI--SiC Matrix Composites Dr E Lara-Curzio Particle and Whisker Reinforced Brittle Matrix Composites Dr T Hansson* Professor R Warren Chemical Vapor Infiltration Processing of Ceramic Matrix Composites Dr F Langlais Preparation of Long-fiber-reinforced Dense Glass and Ceramic Matrix Composites Dr A R Bhatti* Dr P M Farries Powder Processing of Discontinually Reinforced Ceramic Matrix Composites Dr D Alman Joining and Machining of Ceramic Matrix Composites Dr A G Razzell

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