The objective of this investigation is to study deformation and failure of brittle-matrix composite materials. Unidirectional and crossply continuous-fiber cera

A collection of 16 papers from an international symposium in San Antonio, November 1990, focusing on the necessary coordination between materials scientists, st

The work deals with the thermomechanical mechanical behavior of microstructured materials, which has attracted considerable interest from both the academic and

A variety of ceramic materials has been recently shown to exhibit nonlinear stress strain behavior. These materials include transformation-toughened zirconia wh