Advanced structural ceramics and ceramic matrix composites are enabling materials for applications that involve extreme environments such as those associated with nuclear power generation, turbine engines, hypersonic flight, high speed machining, etc. During their service in demanding environments, some critical challenges for ceramics and composites have to be met, e.g. thermal/chemical stability, complex shape forming, thermal shock resistance, radiation tolerance and oxidation/ablation resistance, etc. Extreme environments and challenging applications of these ceramics and composites have also necessitated new approaches in terms of processing, manufacturing and characterization. This symposium solicits abstracts related to the diverse aspects of structural ceramics and composites for extreme environments, such as powder synthesis, processing, structure-property relationships, thermal and mechanical properties, oxidation resistance, machining and joining, both from fundamental and application-oriented perspectives. Simulation or theoretical works related to the above themes are welcome. It will provide a unique platform for the specialists from all over the world on ceramics and composites to share their knowledge and demands with each other.
Proposed sessions and topics of interest:
- Non-oxide ceramics and composites
- High entropy/compositionally complex ceramics
- Powders, precursors, fibers, matrices, coatings, and interfaces
- Novel synthesis and processing methods
- Processing – microstructure –property relationships
- Properties at elevated temperatures
- Performance in demanding environments
- Methods for improving damage tolerance and resistance to oxidation, ablation, radiation, thermal shock, etc.
Symposium organizers:
- Tessa Davey (Point of contact), Bangor University, United Kingdom; t.davey@bangor.ac.uk
- William G. Fahrenholtz, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA; billf@mst.edu
- Ji Zou, Wuhan University of Technology, China; ji.zou@whut.edu.cn
- Jon Binner, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Bikramjit Basu, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
- Ryo Inoue, Tokyo University of Science, Japan
- Sea-Hoon Lee, Korea Institute of Materials Science, Korea
- Scott McCormack, UC Davis, USA
- Laura Silvestroni, Institute of Science, Technology and Sustainability for Ceramics, CNR, Italy
- Chris Weinberger, Colorado State University, USA
- Yanchun Zhou, Zhengzhou University, China
- Jie Yin, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, China
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