Preface ix ENGINEERING CERAMICS AND CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES: DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND APPLICATIONS Design and Testing of a C/C-SiC Nozzle Extension Manufactured Via Filament Winding Technique and Liquid Silicon Infiltration 3 Fabian Breeds, Raouf Jemmali, Heinz Voggenreiter, and Dietmar Koch Preparation of Zirconium Phosphate Bonded Silicon Nitride Porous Ceramics Reinforced by In-Situ Reacted Silicon Nitride Nanowires 15 Fei Chen, Feiyu Li, Kaiyu Wang, Qiang Shen, and Lianmeng Zhang Residual Strains in Structural Stone: A Degradation Mechanism 25 Victoria Shushakova, Edwin R. Fuller, Jr., Florian Heidelbach, and Siegfried Siegesmund Joining of SiC/SiC Ceramic Matrix Composites Using REABOND Technology 39 Michael C. Halbig, Mrityunjay Singh, and Craig E. Smith Fracture Criterion of Short Carbon Fiber-Dispersed SiC Matrix Composite under Mixed Mode Loading Condition 53 Ryo Inoue, Hideki Kakisawa, and Yutaka Kagawa Ceramic Matrix Composites Manufactured by Multistep Densification of Si-O-C Fiber Preform 61 L. Maille, M. A. Dourges, S.
Le Ber, and R. Pailler Effects of Particle Size and Crystalline Phases Developed after Thermal Shock Cycles on the Physical Properties and Mechanical Resistance of Cordierite-Mullite Concrete Mixes 71 Ana Ma Paniagua Mercado, Arturo Mendez Sanchez, Elvia Diaz Valdes, and Concepcion Mejia Garcia ADVANCED CERAMIC COATINGS: PROCESSING, PROPERTIES, AND APPLICATIONS Development of New Observation System used for Deformation Measurement of Ceramic Matrix Composites at High Temperature 81 Y. L. Dong, H. Kakisawa, and Y. Kagawa Anti-Reflective Surface Structures in Spinel Ceramic Windows 89 Catalin M. Florea, Lynda E. Busse, Shyam Bayya, Brandon Shaw, Ishwar D.
Aggarwal, and Jas S. Sanghera Ta-O-N Thin Films Deposited by Low Vacuum Reactive Sputtering 101 Takashi Hashizume, Atsushi Saiki, and Kiyoshi Terayama Control of Mass-Transfer through Grain Boundaries in a Protective Alumina Layer by Dopant Configuration in Advanced EBCs 107 Satoshi Kitaoka, Tsuneaki Matsudaira, Masashi Wada, Makoto Tanaka,Takafumi Ogawa, and Yutaka Kagawa Fabrication of K2Ta206 Films by Hydrothermal Method and their Optical Property 119 Atsushi Saiki and Takashi Hashizume Finite Element Modeling of Compressor Blade Leading Edge Curl, Erosion and Deformation 127 George M. Slota and Douglas E. Wolfe GEOPOLYMERS-LOW ENERGY, ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY, INORGANIC POLYMERIC CERAMICS Development of Thai Fly Ash Blended with Rice Husk Ash Geopolymers 145 Duangrudee Chaysuwan, Chayanee Tippayasam, Pimpawee Keawpapasson, Parjaree Thavorniti, Thammarat Panyathanmaporn, Sirithan Jiemsirilers, and Cristina Leonelli Characterization of Cotton Fabric Reinforced Geopolymer Composites Modified with Portland Cement 155 T. Alomayri, F. U. A. Shaikh, and I.
M. Low MULTIFUNCTIONAL METAL OXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES AND HETEROARCHITECTURES FOR ENERGY AND DEVICE APPLICATIONS Synthesis of yMnOOH and ß-MnO2 Nanowires and their Electrochemical Capacitive Behavior 171 Indra B. Singh and Su Moon Park ADVANCED CHARACTERIZATION AND MODELING OF CERAMIC INTERFACES The Effect of Interface and Micro-Crack on Physical Property and Performance of Ceramic Materials 181 Justin Gao Author Index 195.