Applicability of Three-parameter Weibull Distribution to Multiaxial Fracture of Ceramics M. ICHIKAWA 1
Analysis of Fracture Behavior of Ceramics by Generalized Multimodal Weibull Function Y. MATSUO, K. YASUDA & S. KIMURA 10
Structural Reliability Evaluation of Ceramic Components J. HAMANAKA, A. SUZUKI & K. SAKAI 32
On the Reliability of Ceramic Turbocharger Rotors T. ITOH 51
Ultrasonic Testing for Flaw Detection in Ceramics T. NONAKA, Y. HAYAKAWA, S. TAKEDA, H. NISHIMORI & S. YAMAGUCHI 66
Nondestructive Testing and Residual Stress Measurement in Ceramics Using X-ray Method S. TANAKA 72
The Effect of Fiber Orientation on Mechanical Properties of Unidirectional C/C Composite with Resin Derived Char Matrix E. YASUDA, K. TANIGUCHI, Y. TANABE, R. CHIKUGO, S. KIMURA & Y. MATSUO 92
Fracture Toughness and Fiber Bridging of Carbon Fiber-reinforced Carbon Matrix Composites M. SAKAI, T. MIYAJIMA & M. INAGAKI 102
Improvement of Mechanical Properties and Reliability of Structural Ceramics by Whisker Reinforcement K. UENO, T. YAMAMOTO & M. ASANO 131
Lifetime Evaluation of Ceramic Materials T. FETT & D. MUNZ 142
Fatigue of Silicon Nitride Ceramics under Cyclic Loading S. HORIBE 158
Fatigue Behavior in Ceramics T. KAWAKUBO 165
Cyclic Fatigue Behavior of Si3N4 Ceramics M. MASUDA, T. SOMA & M. MATSUI 179
On the Fracture Toughness on Polycrystalline Alumina Measured by SEPB Method T. NISHIDA, T. SHIONO & T. NISHIKAWA 185
Creep Deformation of Polycrystalline Mullite Y. OKAMOTO, H. FUKUDOME, K. HAYASHI & T. NISHIKAWA 190
Mechanical Properties of Boride Cermet at High Temperature K. HAMASHIMA & H. ABE 207
Theoretical Study of Lattice Vibration Effect on the Phase Stability of a Ⅲ-V Semiconductor Alloy T. Mohri and K. Nakamura 1
APW Based Car-Parrinello Method and Frozen Phonon Calculation of Silicon T. Oguchi and T. Sasaki 9
Open Orbits in High-Purity Aluminium H. Hosoda, Y. Ueda, Y. Deguchi and T. Kino 12
A Quantum Operator of Force and its Applications M. Senoo, Y. Suzuki and S. Kotake 18
Molecular Dynamics Study on the Dynamical Aspects of the Short-Range Order in a Liquid Metal M. Tanaka 25
Breakdown Properties of Random Systems with Distributed Conductances K. Ohashi 33
Monte-Carlo Simulation Study of Vacuum Deposition Process Y. Sasajima, T. Tsukida, S. Ozawa and R. Yamamoto 48
Computer Simulation of Gold Microclusters T. Uchida, M. Matsui and M. Doyama 58
Electrical Resistivities of Metallic Multilayers T. Kaneko, Y. Inoue and R. Yamamoto 66
The Absorption Mechanism of Hydrogen on the Aluminum Surface S. Hayashi, E. Hashimoto, Y. Kawase and T. Kino 77
Electronic States of Dislocations in Semiconductors K. Masuda-Jindo 86
Computer Simulation of [010](010) Dislocations in Anthracene Crystals N. Ide, I. Okada and K. Kojima 98
Temperature Effects on the Primary State of Displacement Cascade K. Morishita, T. Toyonaga, N. Sekimura and S. Ishino 110
Calculations on Grain Boundary and Interface Fracture M. Mori and Y. Ishida 118
Computer Simulation of Void Formation in Copper Y. Shimomura, R. Nishiguchi, T. Diaz de la Rubia and M. W. Guinan 122
Computer Simulation of the Interaction between an Edge Dislocation and a Self-Interstitial Atom Related to a Bias Factor in Void Swelling E. Kuramoto and T. Tsutsumi 129
Characterization of the Lamellar Structure in Ti-Rich TiAl Compounds by High-Resolution Electron Microscopy and Computer Image Simulation H. Inui and M. Yamaguchi 137
Studies on the Materials Design and Structure of Glasses by Molecular Dynamics A. Makishima and H. Inoue 150
An Electronic Approach to the Twin Deformation Process in TiAl J. Saito, M. Morinaga and H. Adachi 160
An Electronic Approach to the Hydrogen Overpotential of Transition Metals and Alloys H. Ezaki, J. Saito and M. Morinaga 170
Design of α+α2 High Temperature Titanium Alloys by the Aid of Thermodynamics H. Onodera, S. Nakazawa, K. Ohno, T. Yamagata and M. Yamazaki 182
Numerical Analysis of Dissolution of αPhase in γ/α/γ Diffusion Couples of the Ternary Fe-Cr-Ni System M. Kajihara and M. Kikuchi 191
Thermodynamic Databases for Alloy Phase Diagrams H. Ohtani, K. Ishida and T. Nishizawa 199
Method for Calculation of Bonding Energies in Ternary Off-Stoichiometric Intermetallic Compounds to Predict their Defect Types, Site Preference, and Antiphase Boundary Energy H. Hosoda, Y. Mishima and T. Suzuki 205
Granular Modeling and Simulation for Powder Compaction and Flowability Evaluation T. Aizawa, S. Tamura and J. Kihara 214
The Mathematical Model of a Cold Crucible K. Iwai, M. Kuwabara, K. Sassa and S. Asai 228
Microscopic Model of Porosity Formation during Solidification H. Yasuda and I. Ohnaka 239
Design Automation in Multiple Criteria Problems Using Knowledge Engineering and Fuzzy Control G. Yagawa, S. Yoshimura and Y. Mochizuki 244
Integration of Materials Data Systems for Materials Design H. Chen and S. Iwata 254
Index of Contributors 262
Senior Editor's Preface
Theoretical Study of Lattice Vibration Effect on the Phase Stability of a Ⅲ-V Semiconductor Alloy T. Mohri and K. Nakamura 1
APW Based Car-Parrinello Method and Frozen Phonon Calculation of Silicon T. Oguchi and T. Sasaki 9
Electron Holography and Its Applications to Nanoworld Observation A. TONOMURA 14
New Materials - Atom Clusters H. FUJITA 38
Liquid Film Creeping Upward on Some Solid Surfaces at Room Temperature S. SASAKI 51
Inner Closed Electron Pairs and Superconductivity Model M. FUKUHARA 59
Possibility of Nuclear Fusion in Solid N. WADA 102
Novel Graphite Intercalation Compounds with Fluorine, and Fluorides: Synthetic Pathways, Properties and Manifestation Mechanism of Functionality H. TOUHARA, F. OKINO & A. NISHIYAMA 108
Hydrothermal Treatments of Various Organic Materials N. YAMASAKI, K. YANAGISAWA & M. NISHIOKA 117
Design and Construction of Organic Magnetic Materials H. IWAMURA 141
Magnetotactic Bacteria and Bacterial Magnetite T. MATSUNAGA & N. NAKAMURA 166
The Function of GTP-binding Proteins in Receptor-mediated Signal Transduction T. KATADA 178
Applying Pressure Dependence of Structural Homogeneity of Cold Isostatically Pressed and Sintered Silicon Carbide O. ABE 1
Rheological Calculations of Concentrated Suspensions Based on the New Theory K. IZUMI & K. HATTORI 13
Forming of the Alumina Powder - Silicon Nitride Whisker System with Aqueous Suspension Y. Hirata, S. Nakagama & Y. Ishihara 47
Binders for Extrusion Molding of Ceramics K. HAYAKAWA 68
Fabrication of PSZ Ferrules for Optical Connectors by the Injection Molding Process K. HAYASHI, O. KOBAYASHI & K. MORINAGA 81
A Novel Concept for Ceramic Injection Molding H. NISHIO, A. KATO & T. KAWASHIMA 100
Wet Vibration Pressing of Alumina H. KOBAYASHI 109
Structural Homogeneity of CIP-ed Compacts of Silicon Carbide and the Influence on Mechanical Properties of Sintered Bodies O. ABE 119
Interaction between Powder Surfaces and Polymers, and Design of a Binder S. IKEDA 120
Rheology of Concentrated Suspensions K. IZUMI & K. HATTORI 121
A Binder for Extrusion Molding Ceramics K. HAYAKAWA 123
Basic Science in Injection Molding of Ceramics T. KANNO 124
Modeling Binder Burnout T. TSURUMI & H.K BOWEN 125
Machinery for Ceramic Injection Molding Process Y. ARAKIDA 126
Organic Additives for Ceramic Moldings M. KIMOTO & T. ITO 127
A Novel Concept for Ceramic Injection Molding H. NISHIO, A. KATO & T. KAWASHIMA 129
New Type of Slip Casting Process for Fine Ceramics S. UCHIMURA 130
Slip Casting N. WATANABE 131
Tape Casting K. NIWA 132
Tape Casting for Ceramic Substrate G. TODA 133
Dry Pressing and Properties of Granular Material for Pressing H. YAMAMOTO 134
Forming of Ceramic Powders by New Forming Method, Cyclic CIP Y. MATSUO, T. NISHIMURA, K. JINBO & S. KIMURA 135
Forming of Alumina H. KOBAYASHI 136
Direct Observation of Internal Structure in Ceramic Green Bodies K. UEMATSU 137
X-ray CT Scanner for Ceramic Components M. TOMIZAWA & Y. TANIMOTO 138
Improved Ultrasonic Evaluation of Green-state Ceramics with the Use of a Surface Bonded Adhesive Tape K. YAMANAKA, C.K. JEN, C. NERON & J.F. BUSSIERE 139
New Materials: Fountainhead for New Technologies and New Science Rustum ROY 1
Materials Innovations in Context W. David KINGERY 45
Grain Growth of ZnO and of ZnO in ZnO-Bi2O3 and ZnO-Sb2O3 Ceramics Tetsuya SENDA and Richard C. BRADT 51
Microstructural Tailoring of Transformation Toughened Ceramics P.F. BECHER, K.B. ALEXANDER, A. BLEIER, C.G. WESTMORELAND, W.H. WARWICK, and S.B. Waters 85
Mechanical Properties of Dispersion Containing Ceramics C.J. BETTLES, E.H. LUTZ and M.V. SWAIN 100
Opportunities for Microstructural Development in Si3N4 Ceramics G. PETZOW and M.J. HOFFMANN 120
Defects Generation and Their Electronic Structure A.R. SILIN 1
Optical Properties and Structure of Defects in Silica Glass D.L. GRISCOM 12
Effect of Nonstoichiometry on Defect Formation in Silica Glasses Y. OHKI, H. NISHIKAWA, K. NAGASAWA & Y. HAMA 26
Co-generation of E'Center and Oxygen Hole Center in Synthetic Silica Glasses Irradiated with γ-ray H. IMAI 49
Information about Interaction of Implanted Ions with Amorphous Silica Obtained from Structural Defects H. HOSONO & R.A. WEEKS 63
Improvement of Excimer Laser Durability of Silica Glass S. YAMAGATA 82
Characteristics of ArF Excimer Laser Induced Absorption and Emission Bands in Wet Fused Silica (Type Ⅲ) Synthesized in Reducing and Oxidizing Atmosphere K. KUZUU, Y. KOMATSU & M. MURAHARA 97
Photoluminescence and Optical Absorption Bands Induced by Excimer Laser Irradiation in Silica Glasses H. NISHIKAWA, R. NAKAMURA, K. NAGASAWA, Y. OHKI & Y. HAMA 120
Optical Properties of Molecules Trapped in Silica Glasses K. AWAZU, H. KAWAZOE & K. MUTA 138
Structure and Defects in Deposited, Amorphous SiO2 R.A.B. DEVINE 165
Structural Imperfections in Ultrathin Silicon Oxide Film and Its Interface T. HATTORI 209
Structural Instability in SiO2 Films Prepared by Photochemical Vapor Deposition H. NONAKA, K. ARAI & J. ISOYA 229
Si-O-Si Bonding in Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapour Deposited SiO2 Films L. DOUILLARD, F. JOLLET, J-P. DURAUD, E. DOORYHEE & R.A.B. DEVINE 242
Broad Luminescence Band in Silica Glass for Tunable Laser Operating from 1.8eV to 4.0eV Region K. NAGASAWA & Y. SAKURAI 256
Second-harmonic Generation in SiO2-GeO2 Waveguides U. OESTERBERG 263
Refractive Index of Silica Glass in the UV Region N. KITAMURA, J. MATSUOKA, I. KONDOH, J. HAYAKAWA & H. YAMASHITA 284
Pyrene Fluorescence Studies of the Sol-gel Process K. MATSUI 300
Formation and Reaction Temperature Dependence of Monodispersed Silica Particles K. SHIRAISHI, K. ANDO & M. SHIMBO 317
Change of Electrical Properties by Heat Treatment in Various Kinds of Silica Glasses K. YAMAMOTO & H. NAMIKAWA 329
Mechanical Strength and Viscoelastic Properties of Fused Silica: The Role of Defects C.R. KURKJIAN 346
Elastic and Thermal Properties of SiO2 Glass H. KOBAYASHI, T. KOSUGI & Y. KOGURE 376
Intermediate Range Order, Defects and Thermal Relaxation in Silica F.L. GALEENER 399
Diffusion of Water into Silica Glass H. WAKABAYASHI 426
Chapter 1 SHOCK COMPRESSIONS OF MATERIALS AND NEW MATERIALS SYNTHESIS Akira B. Sawaoka, 1
Chapter 2 EXPLOSIVE TECHNIQUE FOR GENERATION OF HIGH DYNAMIC PRESSURE Shuzo Fujiwara, 7
Chapter 3 TWO-STAGE LIGHT GAS GUN AS A HIGH PRESSURE TOOL FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE STUDY Akira B. Sawaoka, 23
Chapter 4 A LAUNCH OF A PROJECTILE BY A TWO-STAGE LIGHT GAS GUN AND ITS OPTICAL OBSERVATION Kunio Soga and Masao Shirouzu, 33
Chapter 5 RAIL GUN DEVELOPMENT AT TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Shu Usuba, Ken-ichi Kondo, and Akira B. Sawaoka, 49
Chapter 6 POWER SOURCES AND DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM FOR RAILGUN Yozo Kakudate, Shu Usuba, Masatake Yoshida, Katutoshi Aoki, Katsumi Tanaka, and Shyuzo Fujiwara, 67
Chapter 7 DIAMOND AND CUBIC BORON NITRIDE SYNTHESIS BY MEANS OF SHOCK-COMPRESSION Nobuo Setaka and Tadao Sato, 87
Chapter 8 CHEMICAL EFFECTS OF SHOCK WAVES IN SOLIDS Yasuhiko Syono, 103
Preface Akira B. Sawaoka,
Chapter 1 SHOCK COMPRESSIONS OF MATERIALS AND NEW MATERIALS SYNTHESIS Akira B. Sawaoka, 1
Chapter 2 EXPLOSIVE TECHNIQUE FOR GENERATION OF HIGH DYNAMIC PRESSURE Shuzo Fujiwara, 7