...John Jy-An Wang; Ian G. Wright; Michael J. Lance; Ken C. Liu A material configuration of central importance in composite materials or in protective coating technology is a thin film of one material deposited onto a substrate of a different material. Fabrication of such a structure inevitably gives...

...Anthony P. Parker; Rolf R. de Swardt In many cases apparently complex interactions between a coating and a substrate may be reduced to a combination of two simple loading scenarios, namely, constant direct stress and linearly varying direct stress applied to the edges of the coating. Stresses...