Advanced Ceramic Coatings and Interfaces IV [electronic resource] : A collection of papers presented at the 33rd International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, January 18 - 23, 2009, Da

This volume is a useful resource for understanding the most valuable aspects of advanced ceramic coatings and interfaces. Containing twelve contributed papers from the symposium, topics include vibration damping coatings, thermal and environmental barrier coating processing, testing and life modeling, non-destructive evaluation, multifunctional coatings and interfaces, highlighting the state-of-the-art ceramic coatings technologies for various critical engineering applications.