A Comprehensive and Self-Contained Treatment of the Theory and Practical Applications of Ceramic Materials When failure occurs in ceramic materials, it is often catastrophic, instantaneous, and total. Now in its Second Edition, this important book arms readers with a thorough and accurate understanding of the causes of these failures and how to design ceramics for failure avoidance. It systematically covers:



Stress and strain


Types of mechanical behavior


Strength of defect-free solids


Linear elastic fracture mechanics


Measurements of elasticity, strength, and fracture toughness


Subcritical crack propagation


Toughening mechanisms in ceramics


Effects of microstructure on toughness and strength


Cyclic fatigue of ceramics


Thermal stress and thermal shock in ceramics


Fractography


Dislocation and plastic deformation in ceramics


Creep and superplasticity of ceramics


Creep rupture at high temperatures and safe life design


Hardness and wear


And more



While maintaining the first edition's reputation for being an indispensable professional resource, this new edition has been updated with sketches, explanations, figures, tables, summaries, and problem sets to make it more student-friendly as a textbook in undergraduate and graduate courses on the mechanical properties of ceramics.