Contents
General Preface

Conference Organizers, Sponsor, Advisors

Co-Sponsors

Supporting Sponsors

Contents of Each Volume

Names of Symposia and Organizing Committees

Part A Symposium B Glassy Materials

Recent Progress in Sol-Gel Science and Technology

Glass Flakes with Submicron Thickness Manufactured by the Sol-Gel Method

Sol-Gel Reaction Mechanisms of Ormosils and Effect of Ultrasonic Irradation

Preparation and Thermal Properties of a Lead-Indium-Aluminum Phosphate Glass

Optical Properties and Chemical Durability of Lead-Indium-Aluminum Phosphate Glass

Preparation and Properties of La-Y-Si-O-N Oxynitride Glasses

Fabrication of Dispersed a-Alumina by High Energy Ball Milling of Metastable Aluminas

Method of Melting Pb-Sn-P-O-F Glasses with High Controllability of F/O Ratio

Solubility of Silver in Na20-B203-Si02 Glass Melts

Synthesis and Spectroscopy of Organic Dye-Doped Silica Gels by Sol-Gel Process

Crystallization of Sol-Gel derived Cordierite Glasses with Fluorine Doping

Synthesis and Characteristics of Amorphous Ge-S Semiconductor Alloys by Mechanical Alloying

Softening of ß-cristobalite under Pressure

Synthesis of some Nitrides by Mechanical Alloying, their hard Magnetic Properties and Amorphization by Nitrogenation

Nanocrystalline Materials by Crystallization of Metallic Glasses

A Metastable Orthorhombic Phase in the Al-Mn-Cr-Si System

Amorphous Alloys and Metastable Phases Synthesized by Ion Beams in the Co-Nb System

Production and Properties of Lightweight Alloys by Mechanical Alloying

Synthesis and Properties of Mg-based Amorphous Alloys

Structure of Fe-Cr-X (X=N, C and B) powdered Alloys Prepared by Mechanical Alloying

Amorphization of the Group 5A Metals by Mechanical Alloying in a Nitrogen Atmosphere

Solid State Amorphization Reaction between Elemental Al and Amorphous Ni7oZr30 by Mechanical Milling

Kinetics of Solid State Amorphization in Multilayer Thin Films Induced by Interdiffusion

Pressure-Induced Formation of Amorphous Alloy Bulk from the Melt

Amorphization Mechanism from Crystalline Alloys under High Pressure

Hydrogen-Induced Amorphization of ErM2 (M=Fe, Co, Ni) Compounds with C15 Structure

Fabrication of Mg-based Amorphous Alloys Containing Dispersed Cubic AINi Compound

High Strength Al-based Alloys Consisting of fcc-Al and Nanoscale Icosahedral Phases in Al-Mn-Co and Al-Mn-Ni System

Production of Ti-based Amorphous Powders by a High-Pressure Gas Atomization Technique

Effect of Additional M Elements on bcc-Fe Precipitation in Fe-Si-B-M (M=Nb, Zr or V) Amorphous Alloys

Symposium D Computer Applications to Materials Science and Engineering

John von Neumann, Computers and Materials Science

Chapter 1. Computers

Neural Network System for the Identification of Materials from Infrared Spectra

GRAPE: Special Purpose Computer for Simulations of Many-Body Systems

WINE-1: A Special Purpose Computer for Particle Dynamics Simulation Based on the Ewald Method

The CHIPPS. A Data Parallel Computer for Analysis of Molecular Dynamics Trajectories

A Versatile Parallel Computer System for Meeting the Super Computing Needs of Materials, Science and Engineering

Chapter 2. Database and Knowledge Base

Quality Control of Materials Information by Knowledge Base

Development of Knowledgebase System for Computer-Assisted Alloy Design

Representation of Diagram Data in Object-Oriented Material Database

Laboratory Robot and Spreadsheet Data Base Cooperative System - ROBOPLAN

Utilization of Crystallographic Data for Materials Design of High- Tc Superconductors

Chapter 3. Materials Design

Computer-aided Materials Design - Status and Perspectives of Atomistic Approaches

An Approach to Alloy Design with the Aid of a Molecular Orbital Theory

Ordering and Phase Separation of GaAs-InAs

First Principles Dynamical Calculations of Atomic Diffusion in Aluminum

Catalytic Antibody Design by Ab-Initio Molecular Orbital Method

Design of Ni-Al Base High Temperature Alloys by TB Electronic Theory

Computer Simulation of Magnetism of the Interstitial Ternary Carbides Y2Fe17Cx; x=0, 1, 2, 3

Alloys, Properties and Quantum Chemistry Studies on Intermetallic compounds of NiAl

Interactions between Hydrogen and Solute Atoms in Aluminium Alloys

Cluster Expansion Techniques Applied to the Study of Alloy Phase Equilibium

Chapter 4. First Principle Calculations

Electronic Structure and Fermiology of High-rc Superconductors

Molecular Orbital Calculations for Icosahedral Boron-Rich Solids

A First-Principles Calculation of Surface Electronic Structure under Strong Current and Field

An Approach Using the Improved-Hückel LCAO Method - Applications to Electronic Structure Calculations in New Materials

First-Principles Study on the Phase Stability of Au-Pd Alloys

Spin- and Angle-Resolved UPS Spectrum Calculation for Ferromagnetic Nickel

Ab-Initio Study of Hydrogenated (100) Surfaces of Diamond and Silicon

The Application of Parallel Computing to Energy Band Calculation of Si slabs

Chapter 5. Monte Carlo Method Molecular Mechanics and Molecular Dynamics

Monte Carlo Simulation of Inhomogeneous Nucleation and Crystal Growth by Johnson-Mehl-Avrami Equation

Monte Carlo Evidence for Vortex Loops in 3d-XY Model

Monte Carlo Simulation of the Structure of Nanophase Materials

Applications of Molecular Dynamics and Monte Carlo Simulations to Materials Science and Engineering

Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Dynamical Solvation Structure in Supercritical Solution

Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Thin Film Using N-Body Embedded Potential

A Monte Carlo Simulation Study of Adatom Migration on a GaAs (001) Surface

Crystal Growth by MBE Based on Monte Carlo Simulation and Analytical Method

Monte Carlo Simulation of Facetting in Heteroepitaxial Growth of Semiconductors

Computer Simulation of Epitaxial Crystal Growth on (111) of Copper

Computer Simulation of Epitaxial Crystal Growth on (001) of Silicon

Molecular Statics Simulation of Elastic Anomaly in Multilayer Superlattice

Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Grain-Boundary Sliding and Migration Induced by Thermal Activation in Aluminum

Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Structure and Thermodynamic Properties of Tricalcium Phosphate

Computer Simulation Study of Film Formation Process

A Study of the Mechanism on Nanometer-Level Cutting

Aluminum and Copper Potential by Pseudopotential Method for Molecular Dynamics

Chapter 6. Lattice Defects

Atomic and Electronic Structures of Dislocations and Grain Boundaries in Semiconductors: Effects of Impurity Doping

Calculation of the Structure and Properties of the {113} Planar Interstitial Defects in Si

Computer Simulation of Vacancy Migration Mechanisms in Ni3Al

Time- and Space-Wise Stochastic Fluctuation of Point Defect Reaction in High Energy Particle Irradiated Metals

Roles of Hydrogen and Helium Atoms on the Formation of Voids and Bubbles in Irradiated Copper and Nickel

Small Point Defect Clusters in Copper

Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Dislocations in fee Metals

Positron Annihilation Lifetime Calculation for a Vacancy in Iron with Lattice Relaxation

Positron States in MxC60 (M: Alkali or Alkaline-earth)

Application of New Recursion Method to Low Dimensional Organic Materials

Lattice Theory of the Dislocation Nucleation Process at Crack Tip in Ductile and Brittle Materials

Computer Simulation of Growth Process of Binary Quasicrystal

Computer Simulation of Tensile Deformation of Titanium Small Single Crystals with Stacking Faults

Computer Simulation of Creation of Dislocations in Titanium Small Crystals

Computer Simulation of Creation of Dislocations in Copper Small Crystals

Simulation of Surface Diffusion and Binding of Gold adatom and their Cluster on (111) Plane of Gold

Computer Simulation of Surface Diffusion of Silver

Computer Simulation of Creation and Motion of Dislocations in Aluminum small Single Crystals

Simulation of Surface Diffusion and Binding of Titanium ad-Atom and their Clusters on (0001) Plane of Titanium

Calculation of Stacking Fault Energies by Use of Embedded Functions

The Atomic Coherence and Model Simulation of Amorphous Si3N4

Estimation of Antiphase Boundary Energy in Ll2 Type Tri-Aluminides

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Ice Crystals Surfaces at Temperatures just Below the Melting Point

ARUPS Calculation for H/Pd(l11)

Chapter 7. Analysis, Structure and Process

An Optimal Design Method of Microstructure Using the Homogenization Method

Multi-level Modeling for Metal Forming Analysis by Polycrystalline Plasticity

A Numerical Study of the Compression and Shear Failure of Laminated 2-D Carbon-Carbon Composites

Development of CRYSTRUCT, the Crystal Structure Design Supporting System

Calculation on Ductility of Intermetallics Based on a Molecular Orbital Theory

Characterization of Dendritic Structure Using Fractals

A Numerical Approach to Solve the Inverse Heat Conduction Problem

Computer Aided Analysis of Electron Diffraction Patterns on Orientation Relationship in Multi-Phase Materials

Inverse Photoemission Calculation for Alkali Adsorbate on Al(lll)

Calculation of X-ray Diffraction Patterns of Multilayered Cobalt/Noble Metal Films

Calculations of Laue Patterns Using ObjectWindows for C++

Granular Particle Modeling for Ceramic Powder Behavior in Consolidation and Sintering

Etch Profile Simulation in Spray Etching Processes

Computer Simulation of Pore Formation in Sinter Cake on Iron Ore Sintering

Coupled Analysis of a Thermo-Inelastic and Contact Problem with Phase Transformation, Transient Loadings, and Moving Boundary Conditions

Atomic Scale Simulation of Silicon Anisotropie Chemical Etching

Phase Field Simulations of Dendritic Solidification

Computer Simulation of Grain Boundary Migration Depending on the Elimination of a Substructure

Estimate the Growth Kinetics Parameters of á-FeOOH Using Transient Size Distributions

Modelling Study of Particle Formation Process in the C VD Reactor

Short-Time Postheating During Fully Mechanical Mag-Welding of Steels

Chapter 8. Organic Materials

A Numerical Approach to Evaluate Electrostatic Stabilization of Protein Crystals

Computer Simulations of Core Structures of [110](001) Dislocations in Anthracene Crystals

Effects on Configuration and Conformation of Polymeric Chain in Solid-State Properties (2): On Possibility of Very High Elasticity of "Syndiotactic Polypropylene" in All-trans Conformation

Stability of Single Chain Polymer on the Surface of Polymer Crystal

Organic Synthesis Design System CASINO

Symposium GG Microgravity and Materials

I. Flow and Solidification

Results of Space Experiment on Bubble Interaction in a Thermal Gradient

Gravitational Effects on Thermocapillary Convection with Solidification

Two Liquid Phases Separations of Liquid Bi-Ga Alloys under Low Gravity

Containerless Solidification of Undercooled Metallic Melts

New Insight on Temperature Measurements of Refractory Samples Processed in the 48-m High Grenoble Drop Tube

Macro-Segregation in a Hyper-Eutectic Al-Cu Alloy - A Microgravity Experiment

Interferometry Measurement of Concentration Profile of Cu2+ Ions Associated with Electrodeposition of Copper under Microgravity

Interfacial Free Energy Per Unit Area and Gravity: An Hypothesis

II. Front Dynamics

The Isothermal Dendritic Growth Experiment: A Fundamental Test of Theory

Self-Consistent Analytical Theory of Dendritic Growth with Convection

Systematic Evolution of Secondary and Tertiary Side Branches of Dendrite under Microgravity

Thermosolutal Convection During Cellular/Dendritic Arrayed Growth of Pb-Sn Alloys: Influence of Magnetic Field

Dendritic Growth in Undercooled Monotectic Alloys

In Situ Observation of Faceted Cellular Array Growth in Transparent Organic Material

A Model Simulating Transport Phenomena in Solidifying Sessile Drops of Protein Solutions

System and Experiment Performances of the First SPACEHAB Middeck Augmentation Module Mission

III. Materials Synthesis

SHS Processing of ZnS in Microgravity

Combustion Synthesis of High-Temperature Composite Materials under Short-Time Microgravity Environments

IV. Oxide Superconductors

Melting and Solidification Phenomena in Short Durational Microgravity by Using Aircraft

Melt and Solidification Experiments for High-!TC Complex Oxide Thin Films under Microgravity in Drop Shaft Facility

Investigation of Liquid Phase Sintering of YBaCuO Superconductor Materials under µg-Conditions - A TEXUS 29 Experiment

Preparation of YBa2Cu30 Crystals under Microgravity by Drop Shaft Facility

Powder-Mixing-Process Under Microgravity for Oxide Superconductors

V. Semiconductors

Comparison of Floating-Zone Si Crystals Grown Under µg and in an Axial Magnetic Field

Preliminary Experiment on the Earth for InGaSb Growth Under Microgravity and Numerical Analysis for Nucleus Generation

GaAs Solution Growth Experiment in Microgravity Using Get Away Special Program

Crystal Growth of Selected II-VI Semiconducting Alloys by Directional Solidification in Microgravity

Effect of Gravity on the Growth of CdTe Films by Closed-Tube Vapor Phase Deposition

Crystal Growth of InGaAs by the Bridgman Method in Microgravity

Symposium JJ Non Destructive Evaluation

Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation of PVD TiN Coating with Consideration of Residual Stress

Phase Transformations in Maraging Steels Using Ultrasonic Velocity Measurements

A Variable-Energy Pulsed Positron Beam as a Non Destructive Probe for Semiconductor Materials

Mechanical Properties of Silicon Nitride Ceramic Material Systems Determined by Acoustic Microscopy

An Order Statistics Treatment of Acoustic Emission Signals for Fatigue Life Prediction in Real Time

Local Structure Changes of the Super-Saturated Alloys in the Early Stage of Precipitation Observed by Fluorescence XAFS

Dependence of Barkhausen Noise Intensity on Stresses - Models and Experimental Results

Part B

Symposium A Composites

Process Modeling of Thermoset Based Composites

Preparation of Silicone-Polyimide Composite Films by Sol-Gel Process (2): Phenyltriethoxysilane as

Starting Material

Work Hardening and Softening Behaviors of AL/PE/AL Sandwich Type Composite Plate in Strain Controlled Low Cycle Tensile Tests

Simulation of Load Carrying of Notched CFRP Laminates on the Basis of Micromechanics

Examination of Criteria for Crazing in Thermoplastic Amorphous Polymers

In Situ Formation of TiB2 and A1N Particles in Aluminum Matrix Composite

HREM on Interfaces in MMC's

Microstructural Analysis and Tensile Properties of Aluminiumborate Reinforced Al-Alloys

Synthesis of TiCp by the Solid-Liquid Interfacial Reaction for Aluminum Matrix Composites Fabrication

Processing and Properties of Spray Atomized and Codeposited Al-Li Based Metal-Matrix Composites

Gas Pressure Sintering of SiCp-Alumina Composites made by Gelcasting and their Tribological Properties

Production of Metal Matrix Composite Tubes Through Explosive Compaction

Mechanical Properties of Aluminium Matrix Composite Reinforced by Particles

The Micromechanics Criteria of Fracture in DRMMCs

The Corrosion Characteristic of Metal Matrix Composite SiCp/2024

Interface Microstructure of Silicon Carbide Fiber/Aluminum Alloy Matrix

Evaluation of Aluminium MMC as Possible Structural Material in Future Nuclear Fusion Reactors

Hot-Pressing and Pressureless Sintering of WC-A1203 Ceramic Composites

Toughening of Si3N4 by SiC Platelets Examined from Millimeter to Atomic Scale

Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of TiC Whisker Reinforced Alumina

Manufacture and Microstructure of SiC Fibre Reinforced Super a2 Intermetallic Composites

New Approaches for Design of High Strength Low Density Materials

Influence of the Reducing Heat Treatment and WC Additives on Mechanical Properties of Materials in

Silicon Carbide-Molybdenum Disilicide Composites Fabricated by Melt Infiltration Technique

Whisker Orientation and Mechanical Properties of SiC-Whisker/Al203 Composite

Toughening of Silicon Carbide Whisker in Silicon Nitride Matrix Composites at High Temperatures

Mechanical Properties and Microstructures of SiC/Al203 Composites

Preparation of Carbon Fiber Reinforced hBN Composites

Multi-layered Composite of Alumina and Zirconia with Strengthened Interlayer Boundary

Influence of the Crack Path on the Fracture Toughness of Polycrystalline MgO

Development of Fiber-Reinforced Diamond Matrix Composites

Fracture Toughness as a Function of Temperature for Alumina Whisker Stabilized Zirconia Composites

Tensile Strength and Ductility in Discontinuously Reinforced Aluminium Matrix Composites

Mechanical Characterisation of Fibre-Matrix Interfaces in Advanced Composites

Surface and Adhesion Studies of Carbon Fiber Modified by Low Energy Ion Beam

Elastic Response and Damage of Multi-Directionally Reinforced Textile Composites

Laser Raman Spectroscopy for Fiber Stress and Analysis in Composites

A Model for Crack-Face Bridging

Inelastic Energy Loss for Channeled Ions in Compound Semiconductor

Accelerated Characterization of Creep Response of Composite Material

Symposium E Superplastic Phenomena in Ceramics, Intermetallics and Composites

Supporting Sponsors

Preface

Fundamental Mechanism and Modeling

Space Charge Effects in Superplastic Deformation of Non-Stoichiometric Ceramics

Deformation Mechanisms of Fine-Grained Alumina and Y-TZP

Superplastic Zirconia Based Ceramic Composites Prepared from Ultra Rapidly Quenched Powders

Effect of SiC Particulate Content on Superplastic Flow Stress of 7075 Al-SiCp Composites

Mechanical Properties in Superplastic Al-Zn-Mg Alloy Composites

Chapter 2. Interface Phenomena: Interfaces with a Liquid Phase, Metal-Ceramic Interface and Doping Viscous Interphase and Deformation Behaviour

Effect of Impurities on Deformation of Y203-Stabilized Zr02 Polycrystals

Grain Boundaries and Superplasticity in Metals and Intermetallics

Low Temperature Superplasticity in YTZP-Materials Doped with CuO

Superplasticity in Tetragonal Zirconia Polycrystal Containing Grain Boundary Si02 Phase

Chapter 3. Microstructural Dynamics: Grain Growth and Reactions

Superplastic Structural Ceramics Via Transient Phase Approach

The Structural Superplasticity of Bi203 Model Ceramics

On the Superplastic Deformation Behaviors of 3Y-TZP under Uniaxial Compression

An Investigation of Cavity Formation in a Superplastic Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia

An Investigation of Cavitation in a Mechanically Alloyed Aluminum Composite

Chapter 4. Superplasticity in Intermetallics

Superplastic Behavior of Boron-Doped Ni3Al at Various Deformation Conditions

Superplastic Characteristics of Two Titanium Aluminides: "¿-TiAl and a2-Ti3Al

Superplasticity of (ß+¿) Two Phase Aluminide

Superplasticity of Submicrocrystalline TiAl and Ti3Al

Microstructure Control and Superplasticity in TiAl-Base Alloy

Effects of Grain Size on the High Temperature Tensile Behavior in Ti-Rich TiAl Intermetallic Compound

In Situ Observations of the Superplastic Deformation of Cd-Zn Eutectic Alloy

Chapter 5. Superplasticity in Metal-Matrix Composites

High Strain Rate Superplasticity in Metals and Composites

Superplastic Characteristics of TiAl and TiB2 Particulate Reinforced Aluminium Alloy Composites

High-Temperature Plastic Flow in TiC-Ni Base Cermets

Effect of the Volume Fraction of Reinforcement on Mechanical Properties in a Si3N4w/Al-Mg-Si Composite

Superplastic Phenomena of Fine TiC and TiN Dispersed Ti-6A1-4V Alloy Composites

Chapter 6. Superplasticity in Superconductors and Superplastic Forming

Superplasticity and Compressive Forming of YLTZP

Isothermal Compression Tests of Powder-Consolidated Nickel-Base Superalloy Modified IN-100

Gas-Pressure Forming of Ceramic Sheet

The Simulation and the Bulge Forming of Superplastic Y-TZP

Superplastic Diffusion Bonding in Ceramics

Symposium F Materials Interconnection-Novel Approaches for Interconnection and Joining of Dissimilar Materials

Chapter 1. Fracture and Residual Stress

Observations on Plastic Deformation During Fracture of Interfacially Doped Niobium-Sapphire Bicrystals

OFracture Mechanisms and Effect of Interfacial Segregants on Metal/Ceramic Interfaces

Molecular Dynamic Simulation of Interfacial Failure

Residual Stresses at Metal/Ceramic Interfaces

Interface Shapes Effects on Ceramics-Metal Joint

Effect of Interface Shapes on Residual Stress (Suitable Bonding Condition of TiB2-Ni Joint)

Influence of Heating Rates on Ceramic-Metal Joining Strength

Chapter 2. Processing - Non Oxide Ceramics/Metals

The Properties of a Ceramic/Metal Joint Brazed with the Gold Base Active Filler Metal

The Role of Ti in SiC/SiC Joint Brazed with Cu-Ti Filler Metals

Reliable Bonding of AIN Ceramics with Copper

The Mechanism of Aluminide Layer Growth between AIN Ceramics and Ti Thin Film During High Temperature Annealing

New Routes to Joining Ceramics for High-Temperature Applications

Study on the Fabrication of Si3N4 Vacuum Pump Rotor and A1203 Tube/Metal Flange by Bonding

Infiltration of Nickel into Silicon Nitride During Bonding

Aluminum Nitride Precipitation at the Interface of Solid State Bonded Si3N4-Microalloyed Nickel

Phase Reaction and Diffusion Path of SiC/Nb System

Diffusion Bonding of Silicon Nitride to Metals

Joining of Si3N4 to Carbon Steel using Ti-Pd Base High Temperature Shape Memory Alloys

Chapter 3. Processing - Oxide Ceramics/Metals

Metal-Mullite Reactions

The Formation of Metal-Ceramic Interfaces by Eutectic Solidification

Joining of A1203 and 304 Stainless Steel by Brazing with Al-10 w/o Si Insert-Metal

Effect of Application Method of Titanium on Interfacial Microchemistry between Alumina and Titanium

Solid-state Reactions of the Cu-Ti/Al203 System

Chapter 4. Wafer Bonding

Semiconductor Wafer Bonding: An Overview

Characteristics of Soot Bonding

Bonding Technique between Dissimilar Materials by Forming Interface Hydrogen Bridges

Chapter 5. Materials interconnection

Electronic Structure of Metal/Ceramic Interfaces Fabricated by "Surface Activated Bonding"

Surface Activated Bonding of Al-Alloys to Si3N4 and SiC

Room Temperature Bonding of Solder Metals to Electrode Materials by Means of the Surface Activated Bonding Method

Effects of Surface Morphology and Chemistry on Joining Strength in Surface Activation Bonding

Bonding Process of Piezoelectric Ceramics and Metals at Low Temperatures

Electronic Structure and Chemical Bond at Metal-Alumina Interfaces

Application of the Valence Auger Analysis to Metal/Ceramic Interfaces

Interfacial Reaction of Al-Plasma-Sprayed Si3N4 Ceramics and its Effect on Joining

Materials Interconnection of ôô-Conjugated Polymers

Microstructural Analysis of the Interface between Sol-Gel Derived Thin Films and Metal/Ceramic Substrates

Microstructure of PZT Thin Films Prepared by Sol-Gel Processing

Effect of A1203 Film on Diffusion and Intermetallic Formation in Au-Al Couples

Effect of Surface Composition on Diffusion Welding in Stainless Steel

Symposium Z Gradient Materials

Fabrication of Functionally Gradient Materials for Electric Insulation of Fusion Reactor Components

Development of Functionally Gradient W/Mo Material by Laser Beam

Fabrication of Graded Metal-Ceramic Materials by Powder Technology and its Thermomechanical Evaluation

Fabrication of PSZ/Ni-Alloy FGM by Applying Low Pressure Plasma Spray

Fabrication of Panel Assemblies of Functionally Gradient Materials for Differential Temperature Heating Tests

Testing of Functionally Gradient Materials with Actively Cooled Structures under Large-Temperature-Difference Conditions

Electro-Formed Zr02/Ni Functionally Gradient Materials for Regeneratively Cooled Thrust Engine

The Variation of Matrix Hardness with Gradient Composition in Aluminum Base Functionally Gradient Materials

Self-Restoration of PSZ/Ni-Cr-Al-Y FGM with Stainless Steel Substrate

Transient Temperature Response in Functionally Gradient Materials: Evaluation of Thermophysical Properties

Burner Heating Method for Determining Thermal Shock Resistance of Ceramic Coatings for Gas Turbine Rotor Blades

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Computations, Glassy Materials, Microgravity and Non-Destructive Testing is a compilation of the papers presented during the Third IUMRS International Conference on Advanced Materials International Union of The Materials Research Societies that discussed the concepts and methods behind glassy materials.
The book is divided into parts. Part 1 tackles the progresses in sol-gel science and technology; the reaction mechanisms of ormosils and effects of ultrasonic irradiation; and the preparation of different glasses and their properties. Part 2 covers topics such as the neural network system for the identification of materials; the use of computers for simulations of many-body systems; computer system for meeting the supercomputing needs of materials; quality control of materials information by knowledge base; and the development of knowledgebase system for computer-assisted alloy design. Part 3 deals with the properties of different materials, the concepts, and the techniques behind them, and Part 4 discusses the non-destructive evaluation.
The text is recommended for chemists and engineers in the field of materials science, especially those who wish to know more about the progress in its field of research.