Fractography of Glasses and Ceramics VI; Contents; Preface; Dedication; In Memoriam; A History of the Fractography of Glasses and Ceramics; The Effect of Defects and Materials Texture on the Fracture of Low-Pressure Injection Moulded Alumina Components; Single Edge V-Notch Fractography of Engineering Ceramics; Roughness of Silica Glass Sub-Critical Fracture Surfaces; Fractography in the Development of Ion-Exchanged Cover Glass; Crack Branching in Glass Interface Driven by Dynamic Loading.

A Strain Energy Release Rate Criterion for Formation of the Mirror/Mist Boundary, Depiction on the (G, R) vs. [delta]-C Universal Energy DiagramScratch Damage in Ion-Exchanged Alkali Aluminosilicate Glass: Crack Evolution and the Dependence of Lateral Cracking Threshold on Contact Geometry; Fractography Lessons from Knapping; Failure and Damage Mechanisms in Ceramic Nanocomposites; Failure Analysis of Ceramic Laminates Using Quantitative Fractography and Fractal Geometry; Fractographic Analysis of Broken Ceramic Dental Restorations; Fractography of Ceramic Dental Implants.

Modes of Failure of Bonding Interfaces in DentistryQualitative and Quantitative Fractographic Analysis of All-Ceramic Fixed Partial Dentures; Intrinsic Strength, Damage and Failure; The Notched Ball Test-Characterisation of Surface Defects and their Influence on Strength; Analytical Model for Improved Residual Surface Stress Approximation; Thermal Shock Behavior of Si3N4-Specimens-Influence of Annealing and Edges; A Fracture Analysis of Gadolinium-Doped Ceria Ceramics to Improve Strength and Reliability.

Triple Blind Fractography Study of Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Thin-Film-Modified PorcelainResidual Failure Due to Incomplete Sintering of Vitreous China Plumbing Fixtures; Laminate Design Effects on the Fracture Patterns of Impact Resistance Glass Panels; Application of Fractography in Pharmaceutical Industry; Using Replicas in Fractography of Glasses and Ceramics-Advantages and Pitfalls; Author Index.

Provides an excellent one-stop resource for understanding the most important current issues in the research and applications of fractography of glasses and ceramics.

Includes bibliographical references and author index.

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