These volumes, 9 and 10, of Fracture Mechanics of Ceramics constitute the proceedings of an international symposium on the fracture mechanics of ceramic materials held at the Japan Fine Ceramics Center, Nagoya, Japan on July 15, 16, 17, 1991. These proceedings constitute the fifth pair of volumes of a continuing series of conferences. Volumes 1 and 2 were from the 1973 symposium, volumes 3 and 4 from a 1977 symposium, and volumes 5 and 6 from a 1981 symposium all of which were held at The Pennsylvania State University. Volumes 7 and 8 are from the 1985 symposium which was held at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The theme ofthis conference, as for the previous four, focused on the mechanical behavior ofceramic materials in terms of the characteristics of cracks, particularly the roles which they assume in the fracture processes and mechanisms. The 82 contributed papers by over 150 authors and co-authors represent the current state of that field. They address many of the theoretical and practical problems ofinterest to those scientists and engineers concerned with brittle fracture.

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The 8th International Symposium on fracture mechanics of ceramics was held in on the campus of the University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA, on February 25-28, 2003. With the natural maturing of the fields of structural ceramics, this symposium focused on nano-scale materials, composites, thin films and coatings as well as glass. The symposium also addressed new issues on fundamentals of fracture mechanics and contact mechanics, and a session on reliability and standardization.

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First half of the proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium held in Nagoya, Japan, July 15-17, 1991.

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Fracture Mechanics and Mechanism of Ceramic Composites.- Effects of Residual Stress and Frictional Sliding on R-Curve Behavior in Fiber-Reinforced Ceramics.- A Crack Growth Resistance Model for Fiber-Reinforced Ceramic Materials.- On The Size Effect in Fracture of Ceramic-Ceramic Composite Materials.- Matrix Cracking and Fiber Bridging of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Carbon Matrix Composites.- Fiber Pullout and Fracture Energy of C-fiber/C-matrix Composites.- The Crack Growth Resistance of SiC-SiC Ceramic Composite Materials.- Effects of Temperature and Oxidation of The Mechanical Behavior of Uncoated SiC-SiC Composite Materials.- Fracture Toughness of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Ceramic Composites.- Dynamic Fracture Responses of Al2O3, Si3N4 and SiCw/Al2O3.- Fracture Toughening Mechanisms in The SiCw/Al2O3 Composite System.- Microstructures and Fracture Behaviors at High Temperatures for Al2O3-SiC Nanocomposites.- Fracture Toughness of SiC-Whisker/ZrO2/Al2O3 Triple Phase Composites.- R-Curve Behavior of Ceramics.- Universal R-Curve of Crack Propagation Resistance in Ceramic Composites.- Subcritical Crack Growth of Macro-and Microcracks in Ceramics.- R-Curve and Fatigue Behavior of Gas Pressure Sintered Silicon Nitride.- Investigation of R-Curve Behavior and Its Effect on Strength for Advanced Ceramics.- Crack Face Bridging Tractions in Monolithic Spinel.- R-Curve Properties of Alumina Measured by Stable Fracture Test in Bending.- Evaluation of Critical Defect Size of Ceramics Based on R-Curve Method.- Crack Wake Effects on MgO Fracture Resistance.- Interrelation Between Flaw Resistance, KR-Curve Behavior, and Thermal Shock Strength Degradation in Ceramics.- Microcrack Toughening Mechanism in Brittle Matrix Composites.- R-Curve Behavior of Alumina and PSZ at Ambient and High Temperatures.- R-Curve Behavior of PZT Ceramics Near Morphotropic Phase Boundary.- Crack-Resistance Curve and Cyclic Fatigue in Ceramic Materials.- Effects of Crack Size on Crack Propagation Behavior and Experimental Verification of Cyclic Fatigue Mechanism of Sintered Silicon Nitride.- Fatigue Crack Propagation and Failure Prediction for Toughened Ceramics under Cyclic Loads.- Tensile Fatigue Crack Growth of Polycrystalline Magnesia.- Fatigue Behavior of Structural Ceramics.- Fatigue Behavior of Non-Oxide Ceramics at Elevated Temperature.- Cyclic Fatigue of Electrically Poled Piezoelectric Ceramics.- Crack Growth Behavior of Sintered Silicon Nitride Subjected to Cyclic Loading.- Crack Growth in Zirconia Bearing Ceramics under Cyclic Loading.- Fatigue Behavior of Sintered Si3N4 under Rotary Bending and Static Fatigue.- An Approach on Lifetime Prediction for Ceramics under Elevated Temperature with Static Fatigue.- Lifetime of HIPed Silicon Nitrides at Elevated Temperatures.- An Indirect Method for The Determination of da/dN ?K-Curves for Ceramic Materials.- Effect of Residual Stress Due to Knoop Indentation on Subcritical Crack Growth Behavior in Ceramics.- Effect of Surface Charge on Subcritical Crack Growth in Glass.- International Editorial Board, Organizing Committee, and Session Chairs.- Authors.