A collection of 23 papers from The American Ceramic Society's 40th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, held in Daytona Beach, Florida, January 24-29, 2016. This issue includes papers presented in Symposium 1 -
Mechanical Behavior and Performance of Ceramics and Composites.Preface ix
Introduction xi
International Standards for Properties and Performance of Advanced Ceramics—30 Years of Excellence 1
Michael G. Jenkins, Jonathan A. Salem, John Helfinstine, George D. Quinn, and Stephen T. Gonczy
Stable Fracture Testing of Brittle Materials 13
C. Baudín and A. García-Prieto
Adventures and Misadventures in Applying ASTM Standard Test Method C 1421 to Measurements of the Fracture Toughness, KIC, of Glasses 29
G. D. Quinn and Jeffrey J. Swab
Effects of Aqueous Solutions on Slow Crack Growth of Soda Lime Silicate Glass 45
Bronson D. Hausmann and Jonathan A. Salem
Modified Asymmetric Four-Point Bend Test Method for In-Plane Shear Properties of Ceramic Matrix Composites at Elevated Temperatures 53
Hisato Inoue, Masahiro Takanashi, Takeshi Nakamura, Takuya Aoki, and Toshio Ogasawara
Development of Transthickness Tension Test Method for Ceramic Matrix Composites at Elevated Temperatures 61
Hisato Inoue, Masahiro Takanashi, and Takeshi Nakamura
Fatigue Behavior of SiC/SiC Ceramic Matrix Composites 71
Takeshi Nakamura, Shinji Muto, and Takashi Manabe
Tension-Compression Fatigue of a Nextel™720/Alumina Composite at 1200° C in Air and in Steam 79
R.L. Lanser and M. B. Ruggles-Wrenn
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