Publisher's Synopsis
This is the proceedings of the 5th in a series of symposia bringing together engineers and researchers from industry, academia and national laboratories currently working in the processing, fabrication and characterization of advanced materials.;The papers cover a broad spectrum of topics and include discussion of the potential viability and raf-reaching applications of new and different processing techniques for advanced materials and potential areas for future research.;The papers are divided into the following seven sections: metallics; metal-matrix composites I; metal-matrix composites II; intermetallics and polymeric materials; coatings, surfaces and thin films; ceramics I; ceramics II.
