This volume is a compilation of papers presented in the Mechanical Behavior and Performance of Ceramics & Composites symposium during the 34th International Conference & Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC) held January 24-29, 2010, in Daytona Beach, Florida.

The Mechanical Behavior and Performance of Ceramics & Composites symposium was one of the largest symposia in terms of the number (>100) of presentations at the ICACC'10. This symposium covered wide ranging and cutting-edge topics on mechanical properties and reliability of ceramics and composites and their correlations to processing, microstructure, and environmental effects. Symposium topics included:

* Ceramics and composites for engine applications
* Design and life prediction methodologies
* Environmental effects on mechanical properties
* Mechanical behavior of porous ceramics
* Ultra high temperature ceramics
* Ternary compounds
* Mechanics & characterization of nanomaterials and devices
* Novel test methods and equipment
* Processing - microstructure - mechanical properties correlations
* Ceramics & composites joining and testing
* NDE of ceramic components