Ceramic-matrix Composites: Microstructure / property Relationship: Microstructure, Properties and Applications. This item is unavailable.Ceramic-matrix Composites: Microstructure / property Relationship: Microstructure, Properties and Applications

Ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) combine a range of properties such as high hardness, low density and resistance to high temperature which make them valuable materials in applications as diverse as body armour, power plants, automotive and aerospace engineering. This authoritative book reviews the five main types of CMCs. Part one focuses on fibre, whisker and particulate-reinforced ceramic matrix composites. Part two explores graded and layered ceramics, while part three covers nanostructured CMCs. Refractory and speciality ceramic composites are reviewed in part four. Finally, part five is dedicated to non-oxide ceramic composites.

Key Features: looks at the latest advances, challenges and future trends; compiled by experienced and established researchers in the field; essential for researchers and engineers.

Contents: Part 1 Fibre, whisker and particulate-reinforced ceramic composites: Fibrous monolithic ceramics; Whisker reinforced silicon nitride ceramics; Fibre reinforced glass/glass-ceramic matrix composites; Particulate composites. Part 2 Graded and layered composites: Functionally-graded ceramic composites; SiAlON based functionally graded materials; Design of tough ceramic laminates by residual stresses control; Hardness of multilayered ceramics. Part 3 Nanostructured ceramic composites: Nanophase ceramic composites; Nanostructured coatings on advanced carbon materials; Processing and microstructural control of metal reinforced ceramic matrix nanocomposites; Carbon nanotubes-ceramic composites; Machinable nanocomposite ceramics. Part 4 Refractory and speciality ceramic composites: Magnesia-spinel (MgAl2O4) composite refractory materials; Thermal shock of ceramic matrix composites; Superplastic ceramic composites. Part 5 Non-oxide ceramic composites: Sialons; Carbon-ceramic alloys; Silicon nitride and silicon carbide-based ceramics; Oxynitride glasses-glass ceramics; Functionally graded ceramics.

Professor I M Low gained his B.Eng. And Ph.D. degrees in Materials Engineering from Monash University prior to taking up lecturer positions first at Auckland University and then Curtin University where he is Associate Professor. He is the recipient of the prestigious 1996 Joint Australasian Ceramic Society/Ceramic Society of Japan Ceramic Award for outstanding performance in research. Professor Low has edited 5 books and is author of over 100 archival research papers. He also serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of Trans Tech Publications and has been an Assessor for the NATA since 1992.