Mechanical Properties of Ceramics

• Main Author: Pelleg, Joshua (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, 213
• Subjects: Engineering.; Physics.; Continuum mechanics.; Materials science.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.

This book discusses the mechanical properties of ceramics and aims to provide both a solid background for undergraduate students, as well as serving as a text to bring practicing engineers up to date with the latest developments in this topic so they can use and apply these to their actual engineeri...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Mechanical Testing of Ceramics
• 2 Ductile Ceramics
• 3 Imperfections (Defects) in Ceramics
• 4 Deformation in Ceramics
• 5 The Strength and Strengthening of Ceramics
• 6 Time-Dependent Deformation – Creep
• 7 Cyclic Stress – Fatigue
• 8 Fracture
• 9 Mechanical Properties of Nano-Grain-Size Ceramics
• Index.