This collection brings together engineers, scientists, scholars, and entrepreneurs to present their novel and innovative contributions in the domain specific to metal-matrix composites and on aspects specific to processing, characterization, mechanical behavior, measurements, failure behavior and kinetics governing microstructural influences on failure by fracture. Topics include but are not limited to: Contributions in the above topics connect to applications in industry-relevant areas: automotive; energy applications; aerospace; failure analysis; biomedical and healthcare; heavy equipment, machinery, and goods; nuclear; and clean energy.   weiterlesen