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9780470291665

Advances in Ceramic Armor: A Collection of Papers Presented at the 29th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, January 23-28, 2005, Cocoa Beach, Florida, Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, Volume 26, Number 7

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  • ISBN13:

    9780470291665

  • ISBN10:

    0470291664

  • Format: eBook
  • Copyright: 2009-09-01
  • Publisher: Wiley-American Ceramic Society
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Summary

Contains over 30 papers on the development and incorporation of ceramic materials for armor applications. Topics include impact and penetration modeling, dynamic and static testing to predict performance, damage characterization, non-destructive evaluation and novel material concepts.

Table of Contents

Impact And Penetration Modeling
Some Observations on the Strength of Failed Ceramic
Modeling Dynamically Impacted Ceramic Material Experiments
Modeling Spherical Indentation Experiments onto Silicon Carbide
Analysis of Time-Resolved Penetration of Long Rods into Glass Targets
A Constitutive Model for Damaged and Powder Silicon Carbide
Designs and Simulations of Ballistic-Resistant Metal/Ceramic Sandwich Structures
Considerations on Incorporating XCT into Predictive Modeling of Impact Damage in Armor Ceramics
Failure Wave Propagation in Brittle Substances
Fabrication and Simulation of Random and Periodic Macrostructures
Dynamic And Static Testing To Predict Performances
The Correlation of Microstructural and Mechanical Characteristics of Silicon Carbide with Ballistic Performance
High Strain Rate Compression Testing of Ceramics and Ceramic Composites
Recent Advancements in Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar (SHPB) Technique for Small Strain Measurements
Compression Testing and Response of SiC-N Ceramics: Intact, Damaged and Powder
Damage Effects on the Dynamic Response of Hot-Pressed SiC-N
Effects of Porosity Distribution on the Dynamic Behavior of SiC
Effect of Room-Temperature Hardness and Toughness on the Ballistic Performance of SiC-Based Ceramics
The Penetration of Armor Piercing Projectiles through Reaction Bonded Ceramics
The Effective Hardness of Hot Pressed Boron Carbide with Increasing Shock Stress
Hardness and Hardness Determination in Silicon Carbide Materials
Damage Characterization: Observations, Mechanisms, And Implications
Sphere Impact Induced Damage in Ceramics: I. Armor-Grade SiC and TiB2
Sphere Impact Induced Damage in Ceramics: II. Armor-Grade B4C and WC
Sphere Impact Induced Damage in Ceramics: III Analysis
A Comparison of Ceramic Materials Dynamically Impacted by Tungsten Carbide Spheres
Non-Destructive Evaluation
Ultrasonic Techniques for Evaluation of SiC Armor Tile
Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) of Ceramic Armor: Fundamentals
Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) of Ceramic Armor: Testing
On Non-Destructive Evaluation Techniques for Ballistic Impact Damage in Armor Ceramics
Novel Materials Concepts
Static and Dynamic Fracture Behavior of Layered Alumina Ceramics
Processing and Ballistic Performance of A2O3/TiB2 Composites
Tactical Vehicle Armor Systems that Utilize Large, Complex-Shaped Reaction Bonded Ceramic Tiles
Means of Using Advance Processing to Eliminate Anomalous Defects on SiC Armor
Ballistic Properties of Pressureless Sintered SiC/TiB2 Composites
Improved Ballistic Performance by Using a Polymer Matrix Composite Facing on Boron Carbide Armor Tiles
Analysis of Scattering Sites in Transparent Magnesium Aluminate Spinel
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