Ceramic armor and armor systems

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Ceramic armor and armor systems

edited by Eugene Medvedovsk

(Ceramic transactions, v. 151, 178)

American Ceramic Society, c2003-2006

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  • II

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"proceedings of the Ceramics Armor and Armor Systems Symposium, held at the 105th Annual Meeting of the American Ceramic Society, April 27-30, 2003, in Nashville, Tennessee" --v. [I]

"proceedings of the 107th Annual Meeting of the American Ceramic Society, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (2005)" --v. II

[I]:viii, 188 p. II:vii, 157 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Volume

[I] ISBN 9781574982060

Description

This volume includes the latest achievements in the area of ceramic armor systems including ceramic armor design and modeling, ceramic armor materials and composites development and manufacturing, physical properties and structures of armor ceramics, fracture mechanisms of armor ceramics and composites, and ballistic testing and performance of ceramic armor systems. Proceedings of the symposium held at the 105th Annual Meeting of The American Ceramic Society, April 27-30, 2003, in Nashville, Tennessee; Ceramic Transactions, Volume 151.

Table of Contents

Ceramic Armor Materials Development. Lightweight Ballistic Structures Made of Ceramic and Cermet /Aramide Composites (R. Gadow and K. von Niessen). Silicon Carbide-Based Ceramics for Ballistic Protection (E. Medvedovski). Toughness-Hardness Trade-off in Advanced SiC Armor (M. Flinders, D. Ray, and R.A. Cutle)r. Development of a Pressureless Sintered Silicon Carbide Monolith and Special-Shaped Silicon Carbide Whisker Reinforced Silicon Carbide Matrix Composite for Lightweight Armor Application (T.M. Lillo, H.S. Chu, D.W. Bailey, W.M. Harrison, and D.A. Laughton). Design and Manufacturing B4C-SiC Layered Ceramics for Armor Applications (N. Orlovskaya, M. Lugovy, V. Subbotin, O. Rachenko, J. Adams, M. Chheda, J. Shih, J. Sankar, and S. Yarmolenko). Improved Pressureless Densification of B4C (R.F. Speyer and H. Lee). Spinel Armor ? Clearly the Way to Go (M.C.L. Patterson, A.A. DiGiovanni, D.W. Roy, and G. Gilde). Fracture Mechanism of Armor Ceramics and Composites. Controlled Explosive Indentation on Ceramics (D.K. Kim, J.H. Kim, Y.-G. Kim, C.-S. Lee, D.-T. Chung, C.W. Kim, J.H. Choi, and S.-N. Chang). Evidence of Ductile (Alumina) and Brittle (Boron Carbide) Response of Ceramics under Shock Wave Loading (E.B. Zaretsky, V.E. Paris, G.I. Kanel, and A.S. Savinykh). Dynamic Failure and Fracture of the TiC-Steel Composite (E.B. Zaretsky, N. Frage, and M.P. Dariel).
Volume

II ISBN 9781574982480

Description

Contains 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

Ceramic Armor Development and Study. Advanced Ceramics for Personnel Armor: Current Status and Future (E. Medvedovski). Characterization of AlONTM Optical Ceramic (T.M. Hartnett, C.T. Warner, D. Fisher, W. Sunne). Synthesis of Dense B4C-SiC-TiB2 Composites (S. Hayun, N. Frage, H. Dilman, V. Tourbabin, M.P. Dariel). Biomorphic Reaction Bonded Silicon Carbide Ceramics for Armor Applications (B. Heidenreich, M. Gahr, E. Medvedovski ). Reaction-Bonded SiC Composites without Residual Si (J.P. Hurley, V. Singh, J.A. Hamling). Microstructural Engineering of the Si-C-Al-O-N System (R.M. Flinders, D. Ray, A. Anderson, R.A. Cutler). Ceramic-Polymer Composites for Ballistic Protection (P. Colombo, E. Medvedovski, F. Zordan). Grain Boundary and Triple Junction Chemistry of Silicon Carbide with Aluminum and Aluminum Nitride Additive (E. Pabit, S. Crane, K. Seiben, D.P. Butt, D. Ray, R.M. Flinders, R.A. Cutler ). Defect Engineering of Samples for Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) Ultrasound Testing (R. Brennan, R. Haber, D. Niesz, J. McCauley). Defining Microstructural Tolerance Limits of Defects for SiC Armor (M.V. Demirbas, R.A. Haber). Fracture Mechanism of Ceramic Armor. Characterization of Subsurface Damages of Static and Dynamic Indented Armor Ceramics: SiC and Si3N4 (J.H. Kim, Y.G. Kim, D.K. Kim). Compressive Failure Threshold of Brittle Materials (E.B. Zaretsky, V.E. Paris, G.I. Kanel, A. Rajendran). Dynamic Response of B4C-SiC Ceramic Composites (S. Hayun, N. Frage, M.P. Dariel, E. Zaretsky, Y. Ashuah).

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  • NCID
    BA65525590
  • ISBN
    • 1574982060
    • 1574982486
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Westerville, Ohio
  • Pages/Volumes
    2 v.
  • Size
    24 cm
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