Advances in Ceramic Armor: A Collection of Papers Presented at the 29th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, January 23-28, 2005, Cocoa Beach, Florida, Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, Volume 26, Number 7

Contains over 30 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.Content: Chapter 1 Some Observations on the Strength of Failed Ceramic (pages 3–10): Gordon R. Johnson and Timothy J. Holmquist Chapter 2 Modeling Dynamically Impacted Ceramic Material Experiments (pages 11–18): B. Leavy, B. Rickter and Dr. M. J. Normandia Chapter 3 Modeling Spherical Indentation Experiments onto Silicon Carbide (pages 19–26): Timothy Holmquist Chapter 4 Analysis of Time?Resolved Penetration of Long Rods into Glass Targets (pages 27–34): Charles E. Anderson, I. Sidney Chocron and James D. Walker Chapter 5 A Constitutive Model for Damaged and Powder Silicon Carbide (pages 35–42): Sidney Chocron, Kathryn A. Dannemann, Arthur E. Nicholls, James D. Walker and Charles E. Anderson Chapter 6 Designs and Simulations of Ballistic?Resistant Metal/Ceramic Sandwich Structures (pages 43–50): Yueming Liang, R. M. Mcmeeking and A. G. Evans Chapter 7 Considerations on Incorporating XCT into Predictive Modeling of Impact Damage in Armor Ceramics (pages 51–58): Joseph M. Wells Chapter 8 Failure wave Propagation in Brittle Substances (pages 59–66): M. A. Grinfeld, S. E. Schoenfeld and T. W. Wright Chapter 9 Fabrication and Simulation of Random and Periodic Macrostructures (pages 67–74): R. McCuiston, E. Azriel, R. Sadangi, S. Danforth, R. Haber, D. Niesz and J. Molinari Chapter 10 The Correlation of Microstructural and Mechanical Characteristics of Silicon Carbide with Ballistic Performance (pages 76–88): Ian Pickup Chapter 11 High Strain Rate Compression Testing of Ceramics and Ceramic Composites (pages 89–96): William R. Blumenthal Chapter 12 Recent Advancements in Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar (SHPB) Technique for Small Strain Measurements (pages 97–107): Bazle A. Gama, Sergey L. Lopatnikov and John W. Gillespie Chapter 13 Compression Testing and Response of SiC?N Ceramics: Intact, Damaged and Powder (pages 109–116): Kathryn A. Dannemann, Arthur E. Nicholls, Sidney Chocron, James D. Walker and Charles E. Anderson Chapter 14 Damage Effects on the Dynamic Response of Hot?Pressed SiC?N (pages 117–122): H. Luo and W. Chen Chapter 15 Effects of Porosity Distribution on the Dynamic Behavior of SiC (pages 123–130): Samuel R. Martin and Min Zhou Chapter 16 Effect of Room?Temperature Hardness and Toughness on the Ballistic Performance of SiC?Based Ceramics (pages 131–142): Darin Ray, R. Marc Flinders, Angela Anderson, Raymond A. Cutler and William Rafaniello Chapter 17 The Penetration of Armour Piercing Projectiles Through Reaction Bonded Ceramics (pages 143–150): P J Hazell, S E Donoghue, C J Roberson and P L Gotts Chapter 18 The Effective Hardness of Hot Pressed Boron Carbide with Increasing Shock Stress (pages 151–159): C J Roberson, P J Hazell, P L Gotts, Im Pickup and R Morrell Chapter 19 Hardness and Hardness Determination in Silicon Carbide Materials (pages 161–168): Andreas Rendtel, Brigitte Moessner and Karl A. Schwetz Chapter 20 Sphere Impact Induced Damage in Ceramics: I. Armor?Grade SiC and TiB2 (pages 170–181): J. C. LaSalvia, M. J. Normandia, H. T. Miller and D. E. Mackenzie Chapter 21 Sphere Impact Induced Damage in Ceramics: II. Armor?Grade B4C and WC (pages 183–192): J. C. LaSalvia, M. J. Normandia, H. T. Miller and D. E. MacKenzie Chapter 22 Sphere Impact Induced Damage in Ceramics: III. Analysis (pages 193–202): J. C. LaSalvia, M. J. Normandia, D. E. MacKenzie and H. T. Miller Chapter 23 A Comparison of Ceramic Materials Dynamically Impacted by Tungsten Carbide Spheres (pages 203–212): M. J. Normandia, S. R. Martin, D. E. Mackenzie and B. A. Rickter Chapter 24 Ultrasonic Techniques for Evaluation of SiC Armor Tile (pages 214–222): J. Scott and William A. Ellingson Chapter 25 Non?Destructive Evaluation (NDE) of Ceramic Armor: Fundamentals (pages 223–230): Raymond Brennan, Richard Haber, Dale Niesz, James McCauley and Mahesh Bhardwaj Chapter 26 Non?Destructive Evaluation (NDE) of Ceramic Armor: Testing (pages 231–238): Raymond Brennan, Richard Haber, Dale Niesz and James McCauley Chapter 27 On Non?Destructive Evaluation Techniques for Ballistic Impact Damage in Armor Ceramics (pages 239–248): Joseph M. Wells Chapter 28 Static and Dynamic Fracture Behavior of Layered Alumina Ceramics (pages 250–255): Zeming He, J. Ma, Hongzhi Wang, G. E. B. Tan, Dongwei Shu and Jian Zheng Chapter 29 Processing and Ballistic Performance of Al2O3TiB2 Composites (pages 257–262): G. A. Gilde and J. W. Adams Chapter 30 Tactical Vehicle Armor Systems that Utilize Large, Complex?Shaped Reaction Bonded Ceramic Tiles (pages 263–270): M. K. Aghajanian, B. E. Schultz, K. Kremer, T. R. Holmes, F. S. Lyons and J. Mears Chapter 31 Means of Using Advance Processing to Eliminate Anomalous Defects on SiC Armor (pages 271–277): Chris Ziccardi, Volkan Demirbas, Richard Haber, Dale Niesz and J. McCauley Chapter 32 Ballistic Properties of Pressureless Sintered SiC/TiB2 Composites (pages 279–286): Henry Chu, T. M. Lillo, B. Merkle, D. W. Bailey and M. Harrison Chapter 33 Improved Ballistic Performance by Using a Polymer Matrix Composite Facing on Boron Carbide Armor Tiles (pages 287–292): S. D. Nunn, J. G. R. Hansen, B. J. Frame and R. A. Lowden Chapter 34 Analysis of Scattering Sites in Transparent Magnesium Aluminate Spinel (pages 293–298): Guillermo Villalobos, Jasbinder S. Sanghera, Ishwar D. Aggarwal and Robert Miklos 29th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, January 23-28, 2005, Cocoa Beach, Florida, topics include impact and penetration modeling, dynamic and static testing to predict performance, damage characterisation, non-destructive evaluation and novel material concepts.