This application is a continuation-in-part of the following U.S. patent applications: U.S. application Ser. No. 08/818,170 of Suresh, et al., entitled FUNCTIONALLY-GRADED MATERIAL AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINATION OF MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FUNCTIONALLY-GRADED MATERIALS filed Mar. 14, 1997, now abandoned, U.S. provisional patent application serial No. 60/047,158 of Jorgensen, et al., entitled FUNCTIONALLY-GRADED COMPOSITE ARTICLE filed May 20, 1997, now abandoned, and U.S. application Ser. No. 08/885,051 of Jorgensen, et al., entitled FUNCTIONALLY-GRADED COMPOSITE ARTICLE filed Jun. 30, 1997, now abandoned.
This invention was made with government support under Grant No. N00014-93-1-1277 awarded by the Department of the Navy and Grant No. DMR-9632570 awarded by the National Science Foundation. The government has certain rights in the invention.
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