This volume is a compilation of papers presented in the Mechanical Behavior and Performance of Ceramics & Composites symposium during the 34th International Conference & Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC) held January 24-29, 2010, in Daytona Beach, Florida.

The Mechanical Behavior and Performance of Ceramics & Composites symposium was one of the largest symposia in terms of the number (>100) of presentations at the ICACC'10. This symposium covered wide ranging and cutting-edge topics on mechanical properties and reliability of ceramics and composites and their correlations to processing, microstructure, and environmental effects. Symposium topics included:



Ceramics and composites for engine applications
Design and life prediction methodologies
Environmental effects on mechanical properties
Mechanical behavior of porous ceramics
Ultra high temperature ceramics
Ternary compounds
Mechanics & characterization of nanomaterials and devices
Novel test methods and equipment
Processing - microstructure - mechanical properties correlations
Ceramics & composites joining and testing
NDE of ceramic components

Volume editor: Sanjay Mathur, Tatsuki Ohji