Abstract: The strength and toughness of whisker- and fiber-reinforced composites are controlled to a large extent by the nature of the bonding between the fibers/whiskers and the matrix. An important ...

Abstract: An experimental neutron diffraction technique was used to measure residual strains that developed in multiphase composite materials during postfabrication cooling as a result of thermal expansion ...

Abstract: A laboratory-scale apparatus has been used for unattended, long duration, continuous flow through testing of a vacuum formed chopped ceramic fiber filter under reducing conditions at atmospheric ...

Abstract: A large earthquake (Mw 9.3) struck northern Sumatra on December 26, 2004. The generated tsunami caused significant casualties and damages in many countries around the Indian Ocean. This is a report on the subsequent rapid ...