Patent ID: 8176705

Claim:
A method for building a composite structure, the composite structure comprising a material capable of a deformation strain of at least 10%, the method comprising the steps of (i) providing a plurality of interlocking first ceramic tablets and second ceramic tablets, wherein each ceramic tablet comprises at least 95% by volume of a ceramic material, wherein the first ceramic tablet has a unidirectional cross-section, the cross-section having two ends, and wherein the two ends comprise a dovetail shape, and wherein the second ceramic tablet has a bi-directional cross-section comprising a quadrilateral shape, and wherein the interlocking ceramic tablets further comprise a core area, an overlap area, and a load carrying section of the overlap area, and wherein the load carrying section of the overlap area is about half that of a load carrying section in the core area; ii) layering the first tablets alternating with the second tablets in a first layer; (iii) layering the first tablets alternating with the second tablets in a second layer, the second layer above the first layer and in opposing sequence t the first layer; (iv) repeating steps (ii) and (iii) at least once; the method resulting in a composite structure, the composite structure comprising a material capable of a deformation strain of at least 10%.