Advances in Ceramic Armor IV, Volume 29, Issue 6Lisa Prokurat Franks This volume provides a one-stop resource, compiling current research on ceramic armor and addressing the challenges facing armor manufacturers. It is a collection of papers from The American Ceramic Society s 32nd International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, January 27-February 1, 2008. Topics include novel materials concepts for both vehicle and body armors, transparent ceramics for impact resistance, and more. This is a valuable, up-to-date resource for researchers in industry, government, or academia who are working with ceramic armor. |
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Advances in Ceramic Armor IV: Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings Lisa Prokurat Franks No preview available - 2009 |
Advances in Ceramic Armor IV: Ceramic Engineering and Science ..., Issue 6 Lisa Prokurat Franks No preview available - 2008 |
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adhesion Advanced Ceramics analysis apparent yielding armor ceramics attenuation ballistic impact ballistic performance behavior boron carbide borosilicate glass brittle Ceramic Armor ceramic materials ceramic targets characterization composite compressive Computed Tomography coprecipitation curve defects density diameter distribution elastic elastic modulus evaluated Evisive Scan experimental failure field figure first fit flaws flow fracture toughness fragments grain graphite H. E. Bates Hertzian Hexoloy hot pressed Impact Damage impact side impact velocity indenter initial interlayer Knoop hardness laminated safety glass load localized amplitude variations Lundberg measured mechanical microstructural nondestructive parameters particles penetration velocity plastic plate porosity powder predicted projectile properties radiographs regions ring crack Saint-Gobain sample sapphire transparent armor shear shown in Figure shows SiC-B SiC-N significant silicon carbide simulation sintered SiC sintering soda lime specimen spinel strength stress surface Symposium thickness threshold tile transparent armor system ultrasound values wave x-ray