Advances in ceramic armor [electronic resource] : a collection of papers presented at the 35th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, January 23-28, 2011, Daytona Beach, Florida. VII / edited by Jeffrey J. Swab.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Swab, Jeffrey J.

American Ceramic Society.

Conference Name:

International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (35th : 2011 : Daytona Beach, Fla.)

International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites.

Series:

Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Armor--Congresses.

Armor.

Armor--Materials--Congresses.

Armor-plate--Materials--Congresses.

Armor-plate.

Ceramic materials--Congresses.

Ceramic materials.

Composite materials--Congresses.

Composite materials.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, NJ : Wiley ; Chichester : John Wiley [distributor], c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Advances in Ceramic Armor VII: Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings; Contents; Preface; Introduction; HIGH-RATE REAL-TIME CHARACTERIZATION; The Influence of Temperature and Confinement Pressure on the Dynamic Response of Damaged Borosilicate Glass; The Strain-Rate Dependence of the Hardness of AIN Doped SiC; Static and Dynamic Indentation Response of Ion-ArmorTM Glass; MANUFACTURING; Transparent Armor for the New Standard in Battlefield Performance; Characterization of Residual Stresses in SiC Based Ceramic Tiles; MICROSTRUCTURAL DESIGN FOR ENHANCED ARMOR CERAMICS

Microstructural Design for Si-B4C-Diamond SystemFabrication of High Volume Fraction SiCp/AI Metal Matrix Composites; Densification and Microstructural Properties of Boron-Carbide in Spark Plasma Sintering; Modeling Heat Transfer During Sublimation Growth of Silicon Carbide Single Crystals by Physical Vapor Transport; Development of Nano Zirconia Toughened Alumina for Ceramic Armor Applications; Microstructure Property Relationship in Cermic Armor Materials; NONDESTRUCTIVE CHARACTERIZATION; Ultrasonic Nondestructive Characterization and its Correlation to Alumina Microstructure

Low Velocity Impact Damage Characterization of Transparent MaterialsComparison of Penetration Damage in Novel Mg Specimens via Computed Tomography; Application of a Miniaturized Portable Microwave Interference Scanning System for Nondestructive Testing of Composite Ceramic Armor; Statistical Quantification and Sensitivity Prediction of Phased-Array Ultrasonic Data in Composite Ceramic Armor; Ultrasonic Nondestructive Characterization of Oil-Based Clay; PHENOMENOLOGY AND MECHANICS OF CERAMICS SUBJECTED TO BALLISTIC IMPACT

2011 Overview of the Development of Ceramic Armor Technology: Past, Present and the FutureImpact Strength of Glass for Armor Applications; Measurement of Deformation in Alumina Samples Indented at High Strain Rates; Mesoscale Modeling of Dynamic Failure of Ceramic Polycrystals; Multi-Scale Computational Investigations of SiC/B4C Interfaces; Simulation of the Ballistic Impact of Tungsten-Based Penetrators on Confined Hot-Pressed Boron Carbide Targets; Author Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and author index.

ISBN:

9786613337603

9781283337601

1283337606

9781118095256

1118095251

9781118173091

1118173090

OCLC:

768230304