Title Advances in ceramic armor V : a collection of papers presented at the 33rd International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, January 18-23, 2009, Daytona Beach, Florida / edited by Jeffrey J. Swab

Published Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley ; Chichester : John Wiley [distributor], [2010] ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 234 pages) : illustrations Series Ceramic engineering and science proceedings ; v. 30, issue 5 Ceramic engineering and science proceedings ; v. 30, issue 5 Contents Fragmentation of ceramics in the ballistic environment / Dennis E. Grady -- Flow behavior of glass at the tip of a penetrator / D.A. Shockey [and others] -- Rheology of powder and porous media in modeling of penetration into porous ceramic / B.A. Galanov, V.V. Kartuzov, and S.M. Ivanov -- Computer modeling of shock wave propagation in SiC -- sample / V.L. Bekenev [and others] -- Ballistic impact damage observations in a hot-pressed boron carbide / J.C. LaSalvia [and others] -- Characterization of microstructural damage in silicon carbide processed via modified chemical vapor deposition / H.T. Miller [and others] -- Effects of grain size, shape and second phases on properties of sintered SiC / P.G. Karandikar [and others] -- Indenter elastic modules and Hertzian ring crack initiation / K.T. Strong, Jr. [and others] -- High frequency ultrasound of alumina for high strain-rate applications / S. Bottiglieri and R.A. Haber -- The effect of particle size, particle loading and thermal processing conditions on the properties of alumina reinforced aluminum metal matrix composites / Allyn L. McCormick, Michael K. Aghajanian, Andrew L. Marshall -- Pressureless sintering of B₄C-SiC composites for armor applications / Rosa Maria da Rocha, Francisco C.L. de Melo -- A portable microwave interference scanning system for nondestructive testing of multi-layered dielectric materials / K.F. Schmidt, Jr. [and others] -- Destructive testing and nondestructive evaluation of alumina structural ceramics / Raymond E. Brennan, William H. Green, James M. Sands -- Nondestructive evaluation of as fabricated and damaged encapsulated ceramics / William H. Green, Raymond Brennan, and Robert H. Carter -- Microstructural study of sintered SiC via high frequency ultrasound spectroscopy / A.R. Portune and R.A. Haber -- Impact damage analysis in a level III flexible body armor vest using XCT diagnostics / Joe Wells, Nevin Rupert, and Murray Neal -- Impact onto glass and glass ceramic bars / Stephan Bless [and others] -- Numerical study of the effect of surface stresses of transparent ceramics of laminated targets for military armor applications / Costas G. Fountzoulas [and others] -- Analyses of various damage mechanisms in transparent armor subject to projectile impact / Kevin C. Lai, Xin Sun, and Douglas W. Templeton -- Pressureless reaction sintering of AION using aluminum orthophosphate as a transient liquid phase / Michael Bakas, Henry Chu -- ALON® transparent armor / Lee M. Goldman [and others] Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and author index Notes Print version record Subject Armor -- Congresses. Armor -- Materials -- Congresses. Armor-plate -- Materials -- Congresses. Ceramic materials -- Congresses. Composite materials -- Congresses. Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings. Conference papers and proceedings. Form Electronic book Author Swab, Jeffrey J. American Ceramic Society. ISBN 0470584327 (electronic bk.) 9780470584323 (electronic bk.) (hbk.) (hbk.)

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