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JOHN B. WACHTMAN, PhD, is Sosman Professor of Ceramics at Rutgers University, where he has taught since 1983. Since he received his degree from the University of Maryland in 1961, he has worked as a research scientist, division chief, and as the director of the Center for Materials Research at the National Bureau of Standards. Professor Wachtman is the author of Characterization of Materials and holds many honors, awards, and offices in various scientific societies.

Partial table of contents:

Stress and Strain.

Types of Mechanical Behavior.

Elasticity.

Strength of Defect-Free Solids.

Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics.

Statistical Treatment of Strength.

Subcritical Crack Propagation.

Stable Crack Propagation and R-Curve Behavior.

An Overview of Toughening Mechanisms in Ceramics.

Toughening by Transformation.

Cyclic Fatigue of Ceramics.

Thermal Stress and Thermal Shock in Ceramics.

Fractography.

Dislocations and Plastic Deformation in Ductile Crystals.

Dislocations and Plastic Deformation in Ceramics.

Creep in Ceramics.

Mechanical Properties of Glass and Glass-Ceramics.

Mechanical Behavior of Aluminum Oxide.

Mechanical Properties of Silicon Carbide.

Mechanical Properties of Porous Ceramics.

References.

Index.