Chapter 25. On the 3-D Visualization of Impact Damage in Armor Ceramics
- Hua-Tay Lin,
- Mrityunjay Singh
Published Online: 26 MAR 2008
DOI: 10.1002/9780470294741.ch25
Copyright © 2002 The American Ceramic Society
Book Title
26th Annual Conference on Composites, Advanced Ceramics, Materials, and Structures: A: Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, Volume 23, Issue 3
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Wells, J.M., Green, W.H. and Rupert, N.L. (2008) On the 3-D Visualization of Impact Damage in Armor Ceramics, in 26th Annual Conference on Composites, Advanced Ceramics, Materials, and Structures: A: Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, Volume 23, Issue 3 (eds H.-T. Lin and M. Singh), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/9780470294741.ch25
Publication History
- Published Online: 26 MAR 2008
- Published Print: 1 JAN 2002
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Print ISBN: 9780470375785
Online ISBN: 9780470294741
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Keywords:
- ceramics;
- tomography;
- 3-D visualization;
- velocity;
- inclusions
Summary
Impact damage in brittle armor ceramics consists of multiple, distributed, and frequently interconnected, cracks of varying sizes ranging from micro- to meso-to macro-scale. To better characterize and understand the meso- to macro-scale relationship of damage behavior and failure of opaque armor ceramic materials, the authors have applied the nondestructive method of X-ray Computed Tomography, XCT, to encapsulated ceramics. A brief overview of XCT techniques utilized, and examples of several results produced thereby, are presented to demonstrate the innovative and powerful nature of this method in the 2-D and 3-D visualization of internal physical damage. Ceramic specimens examined include TiC, TiB2, and SiC. The damage examined occurred in situ by either the fabrication, or by high velocity ballistic impact, of these ceramics in encapsulated assemblies.