President, Wyoming Test Fixtures Inc. In addition to providing increased strength properties, fiber-reinforced CMCs exhibit markedly improved toughness and damage tolerance compared to traditional ...

Ceramics are defined as inorganic, non-metallic, polycrystalline carbide, nitride, or oxide materials. Some of their examples are Tungsten carbide, Silicon carbide, Zinc oxide, Titanium carbide, ...

While most materials are classified by their properties, ceramics are classified by what they’re not. A ceramic material is any material that is inorganic and non-metallic. They are present in nearly ...

Over the centuries, it has been established that bricks, tiles, porcelain, pottery, glass, cement, and concrete are widely considered to be materials that are both useful and have a variety of ...

Compared to metals such as aluminum and steel, the number of stiffness and strength properties associated with polymer matrix composites (PMCs) is extensive. For metals, these mechanical properties ...