Introduction ix

MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR AND PERFORMANCE OF CERAMICS AND COMPOSITES

Fracture Toughness of Modern and Ancient Glasses and Glass Ceramics as Measured by the SEPB Method 3
G. D. Quinn, J. J. Swab, and P. Patel

Erosion Behavior in a Gas Turbine Grade Oxide/Oxide Ceramic Matrix Composite 15
M. J. Presby, N. Kedir, L. J. Sanchez, C. Gong, D. C. Faucett, S. R. Choi,and G. N. Morscher

Applying ASTM International C1421 to Glasses and Optical Ceramics 27
Jonathan A. Salem and Michael G. Jenkins

Effect of Control Mode and Test Rate on the Measured Fracture Toughness of Advanced Ceramics 41
Bronson D. Hausmann and Jonathan A. Salem

In-Situ Study on SiC-Si Interfacial Bonding Strength of Reaction Bonded SiC/Si Composites 51
C. Hsu, Y. Zhang, P. Karandikar, F. Deng, and C. Ni

Evaluation of New Technique to Estimate Yield Stress in Brittle Materials via Spherical Indentation Testing 61
B. L. Hackett, A. A. Wereszczak, and G. M. Pharr

ADVANCED CERAMIC COATINGS FOR STRUCTURAL,ENVIRONMENTAL, AND FUNCTIONAL APPLICATIONS

Oxidation Study of an Ultra High Temperature Ceramic Coating Based on HFSiCN 75
Dagny Sacksteder, Deborah L. Waters, and Dongming Zhu

15TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC): MATERIALS, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY

Investigation of (La1-X,CaX)(Ni0.25Fe0.25Cr0.25Co0.25)O3 for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Cathode Materials 87
Sai Ram Gajjala, Zhezhen Fu, and Rasit Koc

Development of Cathode Contacting for SOFC Stacks 99
K. Sick, N. Grigorev, N.H. Menzler, and O. Guillon

Microstruct ure Modification in the Electrodes to Enhance Performance of the Anode-Supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cell 113
Chun-Yen Yeh, Tai-Nan Lin, Hong-Yi Kuo, Ming-Wei Liao, Yu-Ming Chen,Wei-Xin Kao, Ruey-Yi Lee, and Sheng-Wei Lee

Preparation and Characterization of BaY0.2Ce0.7Zr0.1O3-δ Ceramic Powder by Glycine Nitrate Combustion (GNC) Process for Proton-conducting Solid Oxide Fuel Cell 123
Wei-Xin Kao, Tai-Nan Lin, Ming-Wei Liao, Hong-Yi Kuo, Chun-Yen Yeh, Yu-Ming Chen, and Ruey-yi Lee

Effects of Composite Ratio of Vermiculite/Talc Seal Material on Gas Leak Properties 131
Jie Xu and Seiichi Suda

Performance Test for Anode-Supported and Metal-Supported Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell under Different Current Densities 139
Szu-Han Wu, Jing-Kai Lin, Wei-Hong Shiu, Chien-Kuo Liu, Tai-Nan Lin, Ruey-Yi Lee, Huan-Chan Ting, Hung-Hsiang Lin, and Yung-Neng Cheng

Protective Coatings for SOFC Metallic Interconnects 149
Mark K. King Jr. and Manoj K. Mahapatra

Development of Portable Solid Oxide Fuel Cell System Driven by Hydrocarbon and Alcohol Fuels 159
Hirofumi Sumi, Hiroyuki Shimada, Toshiaki Yamaguchi, Yoshinobu Fujishiro and Masanobu Awano

Phase Field Modelling of Microstructural Changes in Ni/YSZ Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell Electrodes 165
M. Trini, S. De Angelis, P. S. Jørgensen, A. Hauch, M. Chen and P. V. Hendriksen

Development of Fe/Cr Alloy-Supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cell by Plasma Technique 177
Sheng-Fu Yang , Chun-Huang Tsai, Chun-Liang Chang, Cheng-Yun Fu,Ruey-Yi Lee, Chien-Kuo Liu, and Huei-Long Lee

ARMOR CERAMICS: CHALLENGES AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS

Effects of Hardness and Toughness of Ceramic in a Ceramic Armour Module against Long Rod Impacts 187
W. L. Goh, B. Luo, Z. Zeng, J. Yuan, and K. W. Ng

Mesoscale Simulations of Boron Carbide Subjected to Shockwave Propagation 199
Brady Aydelotte, Jennifer Sietins, Clara Mock, Carli Moorehead and Timothy Holmquist

First Principles Model of Yttrium Adsorption on Boron Suboxide (0001) Surface 205
J. Synowczynski-Dunn, K. Behler, J. C. LaSalvia, C. Marvel, and M. Harmer

Generation of Polycrystalline Microstructures for the Discretization On-The-Fly of FE Models for Multi-Scale Simulations 213
S. Falco, N. Bombace, and N. Petrinic

ADVANCED MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR DIRECT THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION AND RECHARGEABLE ENERGY STORAGE

The Tape-Casting and PAS Sintering of LLZO Ceramic Membrane Electrolyte 223
Fei Chen, Shiyu Cao, Xing Xiang, Dunjie Yang, Wenping Zha, Junyang Li, Qiang Shen, and Lianmeng Zhang

12TH INTERNATIONAL SYMBOSIUM ON ADVANCED PROCESSING & MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES FOR STRUCTURAL MULTIFUNCTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR STRUCTURAL & MULTIFUNCTIONAL MATERIALS AND SYSTEMS

Thermal Expansion Coefficient Controlled Cu-ZrW2-xMoxO8 Cermet Materia l Prepared using Spark Plasma Sintering 233
Hui Wei, Midori Oe, Ryo Inoue, Akihisa Aimi, Kenjiro Fujimoto, and Keishi Nishio

Influences of Laser Condition and Slit Shape on Joinability of (Zircaloy-SiC/SiC Composite Tube Joint 241
Hisashi Serizawa, Yuji Sato, Masahiro Tsukamoto, Hirotaka Motoki, Yuuki Asakura, Joon-Soo Park, Akira Kohyama, Naofumi Nakazato,and Hirotatsu Kishimoto

Electroconductive Oxide Ceramics with Graphene-Encapsulated Fillers 251
I. Hussainova, M. Drozdova, R. Ivanov, S. Kale, and I. Jasiuk