This volume represents the proceedings of the fourth in this series of prestigious conferences devoted to the latest developments in ceramic engine components. Its aim is to bring together both research and engineering knowledge and to provide a state-of-the-art survey of this increasingly important field.

Invited papers. The study of a heat insulated engine constructed by ceramics engine parts. Prospects for ceramics in airborne gas turbine engines. Basic research and development. Microstructure and reactions. Microstructure of silicon carbide after plasma sintering. Oxynitride glass systems and subsequent glass-ceramic heat treatments. Joining. A brazed ceramic-to-metal joint in a car engine tappet. Joining of silicon nitride ceramics. New materials. CMZP - a new high temperature thermal barrier material. Microstructure and mechanical properties of ZrO2 toughened mullite synthesized by sol-gel method. Mechanical properties. Mechanical properties of gas pressure sintered silicon nitride. Static and cyclic fatigue behaviour of gas pressure sintered silicon nitride. Production and properties. Injection moulding. Fast catalytic debinding of injection moulded parts. Advanced processing of silicon nitride ceramics. Silicon nitride. The effect of cleanroom processing on the properties of silicon nitride. Self-reinforced silicon nitride - a new microengineered ceramic. Ceramic matrix composites. Mechanical testing of glass-ceramic matrix composites. The influence of static loads on the oxidation behaviour of fibre reinforced SiC/SiC composites. Machining. Excimer laser machining of silicon nitride. The strength and fracture behaviour of engineering ceramics - influence of machining and residual stresses. Non-destructive testing. Analysis of ceramic composites by 3D microtomography. Non-destructive testing of ceramics by computed tomography and high-frequency ultrasonics. Standards and simulation. Analysis of physical properties of ceramic powders in an international interlaboratory comparison program. A proposed standard practice for fractographic analysis of monolithic advanced ceramics. Applications. Gas turbines. CMC evaluation for use in military aircraft engines. Development and reliability evaluation of a ceramic stator vane for industrial gas turbines. Reciprocating engines. Applications of ceramics for the rotary engine. Considerations in the manufacture of ceramic valve train components and wear. Corrosion. Low heat rejection kiesel ceramic coupon tests. Effects of sodium sulphate induced corrosion on the static fatigue life of silicon nitride containing differing dopants. Lubrication and wear. Boundary lubrication of ceramic materials by soft metallic coatings and synthetic oil. Tribolpolymerization as a novel approach to ceramic lubrication. Index.

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