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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829826503321

Titolo

Advances in ceramic armor IX . Volume 34, Issue 5, 2013 Ceramic engineering and science proceedings : a collection of papers presented at the 37th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites January 27-February 1, 2013 Daytona Beach, Florida / / edited by Jerry C. LaSalvia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-118-80780-4

1-118-80757-X

1-118-80783-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (158 p.)

Collana

Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings

Altri autori (Persone)

LaSalviaJerry C

Disciplina

620.14

Soggetti

Armor-plate - Materials

Ceramic materials

Composite materials

Electric insulators and insulation - Ceramic materials

Insulation (Heat)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Responses of Siliceous Materials to High Pressure; Edge-On Impact Investigation of Fracture Propagation in Boron Carbide; Macroscopic Assessment of High Pressure Failure of B4C and B4C/SiC Composites; Effect of Prestressing on the Ballistic Performance of Alumina Ceramics: Experiments and Modeling; Geometrical Effect on Damage in Reaction Bonded Ceramic Composites having Experienced High Strain Rate Impact; Optimizing the Arrangement of Ceramic Tile Periodic Arrays for Armor Applications using a Genetic Algorithm

Al/Al2O3 MMCs and Macrocomposites for Armor ApplicationsMechanical Response Anisotropy in Hot-Pressed Silicon Carbide; Comparison of Armor Ceramics Made by Spark Plasma



Sintering (SPS) and Pressureless Sintering; Pressureless Sintering of SiC-B4C Composites; Development of Transparent Polycrystalline Beta-Silicon Carbide Ceramic using Field Assisted Sintering Technology; Densification of Synthesized Boron Carbide Powders using SPS; Consolidation of Aluminum Magnesium Boride (AIMgB14) by Pulsed Electric Current Sintering (PECS) Technique

Ultrasonic Nondestructive Characterization of Transparent Spinel MicrostructureAuthor Index

Sommario/riassunto

Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings Volume 34, Issue 5 - Advances in Ceramic Armor IX  A collection of 14 papers from The American Ceramic Society's 37th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, held in Daytona Beach, Florida, January 27-February 1, 2013.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.<h