Thermo-Mechanical and Thermal Behavior of High-Temperature Structural Materials.

This report contains preprints of studies, completed during the reporting period, on the thermo-mechanical and thermal behavior of high-temperature structural materials, as follows Observations on the Characteristics of a Fluidized Bed for the Thermal Shock Testing of Brittle Ceramics Effect of delta T- and Spatially Varying Heat Transfer Coefficient on Thermal Stress Resistance of Brittle Ceramics Measured by the Quenching Method Analysis of Effect of Crack Interaction on Nature of Strength Loss in Thermally Shocked Brittle Ceramics Analysis of Thermal Fatigue Behavior of Brittle Structural Materials Thermal Stresses in a Partially Absorbing Plate Asymmetrically Heated by Cyclic Thermal Radiation and Cooled by Convection Anisotropy Effects in the Thermal Diffusivity of Si3N4-BN Composites Thermal Diffusivity of Silicon Carbide-Silicon Composites Effect of Microcracking on the Conduction of Heat in Brittle Composites Measurement of the Thermal Conductivity and Diffusivity of Fine Silicon Carbide Fibers by the Composite Technique and Thermal Stress in Materials Heated Internally by Radiation Absorption.