Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Atomic Structure of Boron Carbide
(Kolan Madhav Reddy, Simanta Lahkar, Akihiko Hirata and Mingwei Chen, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, and others)
Chapter 2. Structure and Bonding in Electron-Precise Boron Carbides: To Disorder or Not to Disorder!
(Manoj Kolel-Veetil, Chemistry Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, US)
Chapter 3. Boron Carbide Nanostructures: Structural, Mechanical and Thermal Properties
(Yusuf Şimşek and Şakir Erkoç, Vocational School of Health Services, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey, and others)
Chapter 4. Dynamic Fracture and Fragmentation of Boron Carbide
(Haoyang Li, Calvin Lo, Geneviève Toussaint, Tomoko Sano and James D. Hogan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, and others)
Chapter 5. Mechanical Properties and Deformation Mechanism in Nanocrystalline Boron Carbide
(Rajamallu Karre, Qi An and Kolan Madhav Reddy, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, and others)
Chapter 6. Sliding Wear Properties of Boron Carbide Ceramics
(Sonali Jamale and B. Venkata Manoj Kumar,TriboCeramics Laboratory, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India)
Chapter 7. High Temperature Wear Behavior of Aluminum-Boron Carbide-Graphite Composites
(T.Thirumalai, R.Subramanian, and B.Ravisankar, Mechanical Engineering Department, Guru Nanak Institutions Technical Campus, Ibrahimpatnam, Hyderabad, India and others)
Index
Audience
The organization of the book is designed to provide an easy understanding for students and professionals interested in advanced material for novel applications.
Keywords
Lightweight ceramic, state-of-art techniques, damage mechanisms, 2-D structures, advanced applications
