Advances in Ceramic Armor VII: Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, Volume 32

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Advances in Ceramic Armor VII: Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, Volume 32

Editor(s): Jeffrey J. Swab, Sujanto Widjaja, Dileep Singh

Published Online: 15 NOV 2011 03:21PM EST

Print ISBN: 9781118059906

Online ISBN: 9781118095256

DOI: 10.1002/9781118095256

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This book is a collection of papers from The American Ceramic Society's 35th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, held in Daytona Beach, Florida, January 23-28, 2011. This issue includes papers presented in the Armor Ceramics Symposium on topics such as Manufacturing; High-Rate Real-Time Characterization; Microstructural Design; Nondestructive Characterization; and Phenomenology and Mechanics of Ceramics Subjected to Ballistic Impact.

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xiii)

  2. Part I: High-Rate Real-Time Characterization

    1. The Influence of Temperature and Confinement Pressure on the Dynamic Response of Damaged Borosilicate Glass (pages 1–10)

      Xu Nie and Weinong W. Chen

    2. The Strain-Rate Dependence of the Hardness of AIN Doped SiC (pages 11–19)

      N. Ur-rehman, P. Brown and L.J. Vandeperre

    3. Static and Dynamic Indentation Response of Ion-Armor™ Glass (pages 21–25)

      Phillip Jannotti, Ghatu Subhash and Arun Varshneya

  3. Part II: Manufacturing

    1. Transparent Armor for the New Standard in Battlefield Performance (pages 27–41)

      Kathie Leighton, John Carberry, Wiktor Serafin, Terrance Avery and Douglas Templeton

    2. Characterization of Residual Stresses in SIC Based Ceramic Tiles (pages 43–58)

      Brian Munn, Keyu Li, James Zheng and Karl Masters

  4. Part III: Microstructural Design for Enhanced Armor Ceramics

    1. Microstructural Design for Si-B4C-Diamond System (pages 59–70)

      P. G. Karandikar and S. Wong

    2. Fabrication of High Volume Fraction SiCp/AI Metal Matrix Composites (pages 71–80)

      Ryan McCuiston, Sukunthakan Ngernbamrung, Kannigar Dateraksa, Kuljira Sujirote, Jessada Wannasin and Trinnamet Sungkapun

    3. Densification and Microstructural Properties of Boron-Carbide in Spark Plasma Sintering (pages 81–89)

      M.F. Toksoy and R. A. Haber

    4. Modeling Heat Transfer During Sublimation Growth of Silicon Carbide Single Crystals by Physical Vapor Transport (pages 91–102)

      J. B. Allen, C. F. Cornwell, N. J. Lee, C. P. Marsh, J. F. Peters and C. R. Welch

    5. Development of Nano Zirconia Toughened Alumina for Ceramic Armor Applications (pages 103–113)

      S. Huang, J. Binner, B. Vaidhyanathan, P. Brown, C. Hampson and C. Spacie

    6. Microstructure Property Relationship in Ceramic Armor Materials (pages 115–126)

      Douglas M. Slusark and R.A. Haber

  5. Part IV: Nondestructive Characterization

    1. Ultrasonic Nondestructive Characterization and its Correlation to Alumina Microstructure (pages 127–137)

      S. Bottiglieri and R. A. Haber

    2. Low Velocity Impact Damage Characterization of Transparent Materials (pages 139–150)

      Raymond E. Brennan and William H. Green

    3. Comparison of Penetration Damage in Novel Mg Specimens via Computed Tomography (pages 151–162)

      William H. Green and Kyu C. Cho

    4. Application of a Miniaturized Portable Microwave Interference Scanning System for Nondestructive Testing of Composite Ceramic Armor (pages 163–171)

      K. F. Schmidt, J. R. Little, W. A. Ellingson, Lisa Prokurat Franks, Thomas J. Meitzler and W. Green

    5. Statistical Quantification and Sensitivity Prediction of Phased-Array Ultrasonic Data in Composite Ceramic Armor (pages 173–184)

      J. S. Steckenrider, T.J. Meitzler, Lisa Prokurat Franks and W. A. Ellingson

    6. Ultrasonic Nondestructive Characterization of Oil-Based Clay (pages 185–191)

      V. DeLucca and R. A. Haber

  6. Part V: Phenomenology and Mechanics of Ceramics Subjected to Ballistic Impact

    1. 2011 Overview of the Development of Ceramic Armor Technology: Past, Present and the Future (pages 193–213)

      William A. Gooch

    2. Impact Strength of Glass for Armor Applications (pages 215–226)

      Xu Nie and Weinong W. Chen

    3. Measurement of Deformation in Alumina Samples Indented at High Strain Rates (pages 227–236)

      C E J Dancer, H M Curtis, S M Bennett, N Petrinic and R I Todd

    4. Mesoscale Modeling of Dynamic Failure of Ceramic Polycrystals (pages 237–248)

      J.D. Clayton and R.H. Kraft

    5. Multi-Scale Computational Investigations of SiC/B4C Interfaces (pages 249–260)

      Christin P. Morrow, Vladislav Domnich and Richard A. Haber

    6. Simulation of the Ballistic Impact of Tungsten-Based Penetrators on Confined Hot-Pressed Boron Carbide Targets (pages 261–269)

      C.G Fountzoulas and J.C. LaSalvia

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      Author Index (pages 271–272)

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