AUTHORS

T. Akatsu Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, JAPAN

R.A. Andrievski Institute for New Chemical Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Moscow Region, RUSSIA

M. Anglada Universidad Politecnica de Cataluna, Barcelona, SPAIN

V.N. Antsiferov Research Institute of Problems of Powder Technology, Perm, RUSSIA

S. Arakawa Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka, JAPAN

H.-A. Bahr Max-Planck-Society, Research Group on Mechanics of Heterogeneous Solids, Dresden, GERMANY

U.Bahr Technical University Dresden, Dresden, GERMANY

H. Balke Technical University Dresden, Dresden, GERMANY

S.M. Barinov High Tech Ceramics Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, RUSSIA

H. Basoalto University of London, London, UNITED KINGDOM

F. Billi University of Rome, Rome,lTALY

R. Biswas Exeter University, Exeter, UNITED KINGDOM

R.C. Bradt University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

W.A.M. Brekelmans Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, THE NETHERLANDS

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R. Brook University of Oxford, Oxford, UNITED KINGDOM

A. Bruckner-Foit Universitat Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, GERMANY

J.W. Cao Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, JAPAN

J.A. Celemin Polytechnic University of Madrid, Madrid, SPAIN

I.-W. Chen University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

J.-L. Chermant LERMAT, ISMRA, Caen, FRANCE

J. Chevalier INSA-GEMPPM, Villeurbanne, FRANCE

T.-J. Chuang National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA

N. Claussen Technische Universitat Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, GERMANY

R. Dal Maschio Universita di Trento, Trento, ITALY

R. Danzer Montanuniversitat Leoben, Leoben, AUSTRIA

J.H.P. de Vree Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, THE NETHERLANDS

G. de With Philips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven, THE NETHERLANDS

K.Y. Donaldson Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA

U.M.G.Dortmans Centre for Technical Ceramics, Eindhoven, THE NETHERLANDS

M. Drissi-Habti LERMAT, ISMRA, Caen, FRANCE

J. Dusza Institute of Materials Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Kosice, SLOWAKIA

M. Elices Polytechnic University of Madrid, Madrid, SPAIN

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M. Engineer University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

M. Enoki The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JAPAN

G. Fantozzi INSA-GEMPPM, Villeurbanne, FRANCE

R. Fernandez Universidad Politecnica de Cataluna, Barcelona, SPAIN

T. Fett Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, GERMANY

B. Fiedler Technische Universitat Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, GERMANY

M. Gallmann Fraunhofer-Institut fur Werkstoffmechanik, Freiburg, GERMANY

A. Gerbatsch Max-Planck-Society, Research Group on Mechanics of Heterogeneous Solids, Dresden, GERMANY

R.J. Gettings National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA

A. Ghosh Philips, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

C.B. Gilpin California State University, Long Beach, CA, USA

V.T. Golovchan Institute for Superhard Materials, National Academy of Sciences, Kiev, UKRAINE

G. Grathwohl University of Bremen, Bremen, GERMANY

D.J. Green The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA

O. Grigor'ev Institute for Problems of Materials Science, National Academy of Sciences, Kiev, UKRAINE

M.-O. Guillou University of Exeter, Exeter, UNITED KINGDOM

F. Guiu University of London, London, UNITED KINGDOM

T. Hansson Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka, JAPAN

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D.P.H. Hasselman Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA

K. Hatanaka Yamaguchi University, Tokiwadai, Ube City, JAPAN

J.e. Hay University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA

J.R. Hellmann The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA

e.H. Henager Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories, Richland, WA, USA

J.L. Henshall Exeter University, Exeter, UNITED KINGDOM

D. Hertel Universitat Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, GERMANY

M.D. Hill National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA

M. Hoffman Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Darmstadt, GERMANY

T. Hollstein Fraunhofer-Institut fur Werkstoffmechanik, Freiburg, GERMANY

M. Holzherr Fraunhofer-Institute for Materials Physics and Surface Engineering, Dresden, GERMANY

R.M. Hooper University of Exeter, Exeter, UNITED KINGDOM

H. Hubner Technische Universitat Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, GERMANY

P. Hvizdos Institute of Materials Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Kosice, SLOWAKIA

T. Inoue Osaka National Research Institute, Osaka, JAPAN

S. Ivanov Institute for Problems of Materials Science, National Academy of Sciences, Kiev, UKRAINE

D.S. Jacobs University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

B.-K. Jang The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JAPAN

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M.G. Jenkins University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

Q. Jiang University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA

W. Kanematsu National Industrial Research Institute of Nagoya, Nagoya, JAPAN

V. Kartuzov Institute for Problems of Materials Science, National Academy of SCiences, Kiev, UKRAINE

M. Kawahara Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, JAPAN

D. Kervadec LERMAT, ISMRA, Caen, FRANCE

B.-N. Kim Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, JAPAN

S. Kimura Yamanashi University, Yamanashi, JAPAN

G. Kirchhoff Fraunhofer-Institute for Materials Physics and Surface Engineering, Dresden, GERMANY

T. Kishi The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JAPAN

H. Kishimoto Toyota Technological Institute, Nagoya, JAPAN

H.-J. Kleebe University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, GERMANY

H.N. Ko Nakanihon Automotive College, Gifu, JAPAN

A.S. Kobayashi University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

D. Koch University of Bremen, Bremen, GERMANY

Y. Kodama National Industrial Research Institute of Nagoya, Nagoya, JAPAN

U.Kbpke Technische Universitat Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, GERMANY

Y. Koshka Institute for Problems of Materials Science, National Academy of Sciences, Kiev, UKRAINE

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V. Kostopoulos Commission of the European Communities, Joint Research Centre, Petten, THE NETHERLANDS

S.P. Kovalev Institute for Problems of Strength, National Academy of Sciences, Kiev, UKRAINE

D. Kovar Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

J.J. Kubler Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, Dubendorf, SWITZERLAND

K.Kubo Setsunan University, Neyagawa, JAPAN

M. Kuntz University of Bremen, Bremen, GERMANY

R. Kurth Forschungszentrum Jullch, Julich, GERMANY

V.1. Kushch Institute for Superhard Materials, National Academy of Sciences, Kiev, UKRAINE

A.G. Lanin The Institute of the Scientific Industrial Association" Lutch", Podolsk, Moscow Region, RUSSIA

F.F. Lange University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

E. Lara-Curzio Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TE, USA

B.F. Lawlor Forschungszentrum Julich, Julich, GERMANY

S.-H. Lee, Ssangyong Cement Industrial Co., Ltd., DaeJeon, KOREA

Z. Lences Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, SLOWAKIA

M. Li University of London, London, UNITED KINGDOM

Z. Li Watkins-Johnson, Scotts Valley, CA, USA

G. Liu University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA

S.-Y. Liu, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

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l. Llanes Universidad Politecnica de Cataluna, Barcelona, SPAIN

J. LLorca Polytechnic University of Madrid, Madrid, SPAIN

I.K. Lloyd, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

Y. Lu Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA

T. Lube Montanuniversitat Leoben, Leoben, AUSTRIA

E.H. Lutz LWK-Plasmakeramlk GmbH, Gummersbach, GERMANY

L. Ma University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

T. Mangialardi Rome University, Rome, ITALY

A. Martin Polytechnic University of Madrid, Madrid, SPAIN

S.W. Martz The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA

M. Matsui NGK Insulators Ltd., Mizuho, Nagoya, JAPAN

Y. Matsuo Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, JAPAN

R. Matt University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, GERMANY

H. Maupas LERMAT, ISMRA, Caen, FRANCE

F. Mignard INSA-GEMPPM, Villeurbanne, FRANCE

T. Miyajima National Industrial Research Institute of Nagoya, Nagoya, JAPAN

Y. Miyashita Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka, JAPAN

D. Munz Universltat Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, GERMANY

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N. Murayama National Industrial Research Institute of Nagoya, Nagoya, JAPAN

Y. Mutoh Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka, JAPAN

M.M. Nagl Universidad Politecnica de Cataluna, Barcelona, SPAIN

H. Naito Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, JAPAN

T. Nishida Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, JAPAN

K. Ogawa Kyoto University, Kyoto, JAPAN

N. Ogawa Nihon University, Koriyama, JAPAN

H.-K.Oh Ssangyong Cement Industrial Co., Ltd. DaeJeon, KOREA

C. Olagnon INSA-GEMPPM, Villeurbanne, FRANCE

K.Ono Nihon University, Koriyama, JAPAN

K. Oshita Yamaguchi University, Tokiwadai, Ube City, JAPAN

M.-J. Pan The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA

A.E. Paolini Rome University, Rome, ITALY

J.Y. Pastor Polytechnic University of Madrid, Madrid, SPAIN

S.D. Peteves Commission of the European Communities, Joint Research Centre, Petten, THE NETHERLANDS

G. Pezzotti Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, JAPAN

W. Pfeiffer Fraunhofer-Institut fOr Werkstoffmechanik, Freiburg, GERMANY

I. Pflugbeil Max-Planck-Society, Research Group on Mechanics of Heterogeneous Solids, Dresden, GERMANY

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J.P. Piccola Boeing Commercial Airplane Group, Seattle, WA, USA

G.G. Pisarenko Institute for Problems of Strength, National Academy of Sciences, Kiev, UKRAINE

W.Pompe Max-Planck-Society, Research Group on Mechanics of Heterogeneous Solids, Dresden, GERMANY

H. Prielipp Technische Universitat Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, GERMANY

G.D. Quinn National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA

M.J. Readey Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA

A. Reichl Innomess GmbH, Marl, GERMANY

H. Riedel Fraunhofer-Institut fUr Werkstoffmechanik, Freiburg, GERMANY

J. Rodel Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Darmstadt, GERMANY

J. Rohde Max-Planck-Institut fur Metallforschung, Stuttgart, GERMANY

M. Rombach Fraunhofer-Institut fur Werkstoffmechanik, Freiburg, GERMANY

D.Rouby INSA-GEMPPM, Villeurbanne, FRANCE

E. Rudnayova Institute of Materials Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Kosice. SLOWAKIA

P.Sajgalik Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, SLOWAKIA

S. Sakaguchi National Industrial Research Institute of Nagoya, Nagoya, JAPAN

M. Sakai Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, JAPAN

C. Santulli Commission of the European Communities, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, ITALY

T.A. Sarkisyan Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, Moscow, RUSSIA

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S. Schmauder University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, GERMANY

G.A. Schneider Technische Universitat Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, GERMANY

LB. Sevostianov Max-Planck-Society, Research Group on Mechanics of Heterogeneous Solids, Dresden, GERMANY

I.G. Sevastianova State Polytechnical University, Perm, RUSSIA

V.M. Sglavo Universita di Trento, Trento, ITALY

lK. Shang University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA

V.Y. Shevchenko High Tech Ceramics Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, RUSSIA

H. Shiota Gifu University, Gifu City, JAPAN

G. Sines University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

S. Sodeoka Osaka National Research Institute, Osaka, JAPAN

E. Sommer Fraunhofer-Institut fUr Werkstoffmechanik, Freiburg, GERMANY

M. Steen Commission of the European Communities, Joint Research Centre, Petten, THE NETHERLANDS

R.W. Steinbrech Forschungszentrum Julich, JUlich, GERMANY

M. Sternitzke University of Oxford, Oxford, UNITED KINGDOM

R.N. Stevens University of London, London, UNITED KINGDOM

Y.J. Stockmann Forschungszentrum Julich, Julich, GERMANY

M. V. Swain University of Sydney, Sydney, AUSTRALIA

A.A. Tashkinov State Polytechnical University, Perm, RUSSIA

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J. Tatami Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, JAPAN

M. Tilscher Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, GERMANY

D.K. Tran University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

R.E. Tressler The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA

A. Ueno, Toyota Technological Institute, Nagoya, JAPAN

K. Ueno, Osaka National Research Institute, Osaka, JAPAN

MAJ. van Gils Centre for Technical Ceramics, Eindhoven, THE NETHERLANDS

A. Vojta Max-Planck-Society, Research Group on Mechanics of Heterogeneous Solids, Dresden, GERMANY

S. Wakayama Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, JAPAN

R.J. Wakeman Exeter University, Exeter, UNITED KINGDOM

Y. Wang University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA

z. Wang National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA

P.D. Warren Oxford University, Oxford, UNITED KINGDOM

H. Weber Max-Planck-Society, Research Group on Mechanics of Heterogeneous Solids, Dresden, GERMANY

H.-J. Weiss Fraunhofer Institute for Materials Physics and Surface Technology, Dresden, GERMANY

H. Weitzing Technische Universitat Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, GERMANY

E. Weppelmann Fraunhofer-Institut fUr Werkstoffmechanik, Freiburg, GERMANY

G.S. White National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA

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K.W. White University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA

V.E. Wildemann State Polytechnical University, Perm, RUSSIA

M. Wittling CSIRO Division of Applied Physics, Lindfield, AUSTRALIA

C. Wolf Technische Universitat Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, GERMANY

W. Wong-Ng National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA

Y.Y. Yang, Universitat Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, GERMANY

E. Yasuda Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, JAPAN

K. Yasuda Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan

M.Yoda Nihon University, Koriyama, JAPAN

C.-T. Yu University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

A.L. Yurkov Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, Moscow, RUSSIA

B. Zickgraf Max-Planck-Institut fUr Metallforschung, Stuttgart, GERMANY

A. Zolochevsky Kharkov Technical University, Kharkov, UKRAINE

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INDEX

Acoustic Emission 267,343 Actuator 149 Alumina 15,31,179,203,343,499

Bridging 229

Carbon 107 Cavity Nucleation 551 Ceramic-Metal Joints 443,451,463 Coatings 475,487 Compliance 203,293 Composites

C/SIC 121 Nicalon/Glass 283 SiCI AI 203 319 SiC/Sialon 253 SiC/SiC 121,229,267,293,319 SiC/Glass 333 SiC/Glass Ceramic 527 TiB 2 /SiC 333 Layered 383 Modelling 355,399,413,429 Particle Reinforced 179,355,371,399 Pldtelet Reinforced 435 Whisker Reinforced 343

Crack Bridging 1,61,203,283,383 Deflection 61, 371 Growth Rate 1,31,45,61,77,93,107 161,167,179,187,203 Shielding 1, 203,283

Creep Damage 551 Rupture 499,515 Strain Rate 499,515

Cyclic Fatigue 1,31,45,61,77,93,107,121, 135,149,187,229,

da/dN -L'lK-Curves 1,31,45,61,77,93, 107,187,

da/dt-K-Curves 161,167,179,187,203 Damage 121,135,267,413,527,551 Debonding 229,283

Delamination 42 Double Torsion Specimen 45

Elastic Constants 333 EnVironmental Enhanced Crack Growth

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Fatigue Cyclic 1,15,31,45,61,77,93,107,121, 135,149,187,229,569, Static 1,15,45,61,161,167,179,187, 203, Threshold 61,107,167

Ferroelectric Ceramic 135, 149, 569 Fiber

Bridging 229, 283 Pull Out 229,253,267,283,319, Strength 22

Fibers 167 Fracture Origin 15,93,383

Glass 161 Glass Ceramic 527 Graded Materials 487 Grain Size 15,31,77,187,371,499

Hard Metals 487 Hardness 475,539 High Temperature 1,167,187,319,499,

515,527,539,551,561

Indentation 107,149,161,371,383,475, 539,569

Interface Debonding 229, 283 Crack 443,451

Internal Stresses 333,371,383

Layered Matenals 383 Loading Rate 253

Microcracklng 333,343,527 Microstructure 435

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Multiaxial Stresses 463

Notches 31

Pull Out 229,283,319 PZT Ceramic 135,149,569

R-Curve 1,31,293,451 Residual Stresses 161,443,463,475,487

Sapphire 167 Scatter 31,77,267 Short Cracks 93 Silica 219 Silicon 219 Silicon Carbide 539 Silicon Nitride 1,93,187,319,383,435,515,

539 Size Effect 267 Static Fatigue 1,15,45,61,161,167,179,

187,203

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Statistics 463 Superplasticity 561

Tensile Strength 267 Thermal

Properties 429 Stress 429,443,463,487

Titanium Nitride 475

V-K-Curves 161,167

Weight-Function 283,463 Whisker-Reinforced Alumina 343 Work-of-fracture 229,319

Zirconia 45,61,77,203,539 Zirconia-Alumina 561