Fracture Mechanics of Ceramics

Calculation of Crack Tip Phase Transformation Zones in TZP with the Weight Function Method.- Stress and Strain Fields near a Crack Tip in Damaged Solids.- “Ultra”-Fast Fracture Strength of Advanced Structural Ceramics at Elevated Temperatures: an Approach to High-Temperature ‘Inert’ Strength.- Internal Residual Stresses in Ceramics Materials: Stress Fluctuations near a Crack Tip and Effective Energy Release Rate.- Theoretical Investigation of Fracture Behaviour in Ferroelectric Ceramics.- Brittle Growing Criteria for Cracks in Structurally Ordered Porous Media with Mesodamages.- Designing Residual Stress Profiles to Produce Flaw-Tolerant Glass.- Multiscale Discrete-Integral Strength Criteria. Satellite Nucleation of Microcracks.- Influence of Near-Surface Residual Stresses on Strength of Ceramics.- Heat Treatment Induced Changes in Fracture Behaviour of Bulk Plasma Sprayed Alumina.- Improvement of the Strength of Silicon Nitride by Aging.- Application of the Brazilian Disc Test for Strength Measurements on Ceramic Green Bodies.- Analysis of Residual Stress State in Thermal Barrier Coatings.- Damage Development upon Creep Test in Ceramic Matrix Composites.- Determination of Fracture Toughness of SiC-Whiskers Reinforced Si3N4 by Two Different Techniques.- Fracture Toughness and Work of Fracture of SiC-Fibre Reinforced Glass Matrix Composite.- R-Curve Effect on Slow Crack Growth and Thermal Shock of Ceramics.- The Relation between the Damage Tolerance and the R-Curve Behavior of Alumina Ceramics.- Effect of Environment on Delayed Failure in a Glass-Bonded Alumina.- R-Curve Effect and Process Zone in Coarse Grained BaTiO3.- Cyclic Fatigue of Zirconia Ceramics.- Effect of Grain Size on Crack Growth in Alumina.- Slow Crack Growth in Zirconia Ceramics with DifferentMicrostructures.- Measurement of Fatigue Limit in Silicate Glasses.- Fatigue Damage Accumulation Mechanisms in Monolithic Alumina.- Strength Behaviour of a Gas Pressure Sintered Siliconnitride (GPSSN) under Static and Cyclostatic Loading at 1250°C in Air.- High Temperature Deformation and Internal Friction in Silicon Nitride Ceramics.- Structure and High-Temperature Creep of Oxide Ceramics. Properties of Diffusion Path and their Influence on Creep.- Thermal Shock Strength and Thermal Shock Fracture Toughness of Ceramics.- Thermal Shock and Thermal Fatigue of Alumina Ceramics.- Fracture Kinetics of Thermally Loaded Bodies in Elastic-Brittle State and Criterion of Thermal Stress Resistance.- Pre-Standardization and Standardization Activity of ISO/TC 206 Committee. Status of ISO/TC 206 on Fine Ceramics.- Fracture Toughness of Ceramics Using the SEVNB Method a Joint VAMAS / ESIS Round Robin.- A Knoop-Indentation Method for R-Curve Determination.- Hardness of Titanium Carbide Thin Films Deposited on Silicon by Laser Ablation.- The SB (Sandwiched Beam) Technique for Pre-Cracking Brittle Materials.- A New Conception of the Crack Growth Resistance Evaluation of Structural and Tool-Making Ceramics.- Mechanical Properties of PSZ Crystals Grown by Skull Melting Technique: Influence of Technology Conditions.- Regions of Local Densification and their Role in Ceramics. Analysis of Fracture Surfaces as a Simple Tool to Study the Local Densification Regions in Oxide Ceramics.- Effect of Ultrasonic Compaction of Nanopowder on Structure and Fracture Character of Zirconia Nanoceramics.- Mechanical Properties of Bauxite Ceramics.- Authors.