Ebook: Ceramic matrix composites : materials, modeling and technology

"This book is a comprehensive source of state-of-the-art information on ceramic matrix composites (CMC). It covers ceramic and carbon fibers, the fiber-matrix interface, processing, properties and industrial applications of CMC systems, architecture, mechanical behavior at room and elevated temperatures, environmental effects and protective coatings, foreign object damage, modeling, life prediction, integration, and joining. The book is intended for researchers, as well as teachers and students in ceramic science and engineering, materials science and engineering, and aeronautical, mechanical, and civil or aerospace engineering"--  Read more...