Publisher Summary This chapter describes the mixed mode cracking in layered materials.
There is ample experimental evidence that cracks in brittle, isotropic, homogeneous …

An overview is presented of the development of residual stresses in thermal spray coatings
and their ef-fects on interfacial debonding. The main experimental techniques for …

Thin films and multilayers comprised of different classes of material are often used for
various functional requirements. As these become relatively large in section and …

An elastic‐plastic finite element method numerical model has been formulated to study
residual stresses developed at graded ceramic‐metal interfaces during cooling. The results …

Cracks in thin films caused by residual tension are examined. Attention is focused on film
cracking, subject to either interface debonding or substrate cracking. For crack channeling …

Crack propagation along one of the interfaces between a thin ductile adhesive layer and the
elastic substrates it joins is considered. The layer is taken as being elastic-plastic, and the …

Present knowledge on metal-oxide interfaces is reviewed, emphasizing fundamental
properties and behaviour. Methods have become available to fabricate 'ideal'metal-oxide …

This article reviews the present state of research on metal–zirconia interfaces. Interfaces
play a crucial role in establishing the macroscopic properties and performance of zirconia …

The adhesion at interfaces between dissimilar materials is strongly affected by both
segregation and the extent of plasticity in the adjoining material, particularly when one of …

From results obtained over the last 10 years from simple reactive metal/ceramic model
systems, a concept of reactive wetting has been formulated which suggests a direct relation …