Advances in ceramic armor [[electronic resource] ] : a collection of papers presented at the 29th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, January 23-28, 2005, Cocoa Beach, Florida / / editor, Jeffrey J. Swab ; general editors, Dongming Zhu, Waltraud M. Kriven

• Pubblicazione: Westerville, Ohio, : American Ceramic Society, c2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (312 p.)
• Disciplina: 620.14; 623.7/4
• Soggetto topico: Armor; Ceramic materials; Composite materials
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: SwabJeffrey J ZhuDongming KrivenWaltraud M
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Advances in Ceramic Armor; Contents; Preface; Impact and Penetration Modeling; Some Observations on the Strength of Failed Ceramic; Modeling Dynamically Impacted Ceramic Material Experiments; Modeling Spherical Indentation Experiments onto Silicon Carbide; Analysis of Time-Resolved Penetration of Long Rods into Glass Targets; A Constitutive Model for Damaged and Powder Silicon Carbide; Designs and Simulations of Ballistic-Resistant MetaVCeramic Sandwich Structures; Considerations on Incorporating XCT into Predictive Modeling of Impact Damage in Armor Ceramics ; Failure Wave Propagation in Brittle SubstancesFabrication and Simulation of Random and Periodic Macrostructures; Dynamic and Static Testing to Predict Performance; The Correlation of Microstructural and Mechanical Characteristics of Silicon Carbide with Ballistic Performance; High Strain Rate Compression Testing of Ceramics and Ceramic Composites; Recent Advancements in Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar (SHPB) Technique for Small Strain Measurements; Compression Testing and Response of Sic-N Ceramics: Intact, Damaged and Powder; Damage Effects on the Dynamic Response of Hot-Pressed Sic-N ; Effects of Porosity Distribution on the Dynamic Behavior of SicEffect of Room-Temperature Hardness and Toughness on the Ballistic Performance of Sic-Based Ceramics; The Penetration of Armor Piercing Projectiles through Reaction BondedCeramics; The Effective Hardness of Hot Pressed Boron Carbide with Increasing Shock stress; Hardness and Hardness Determination in Silicon Carbide Materials; Damage Characterization: Observations, Mechanisms, and Implications; Sphere Impact Induced Damage in Ceramics: I. Armor-Grade SiCandTiB2; Sphere Impact Induced Damage in Ceramics: 11. Amor-Grade B4C and WC ; Sphere Impact Induced Damage in Ceramics: III AnalysisA Comparison of Ceramic Materials Dynamically Impacted by Tungsten Carbide Spheres; Non-Destructive Evaluation; Ultrasonic Techniques for Evaluation of SIC Armor Tile; Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) of Ceramic Armor. Fundamentals; Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) of Ceramic Armor: Testing; On Non-Destructive Evaluation Techniques for Ballistic Impact Damage in Armor Ceramics; Novel Material Concepts; Static and Dynamic Fracture Behavior of Layered Alumina Ceramics; Processing and Ballistic Performance of A120flB2 Composites ; Tactical Vehicle Armor Systems that Utilize Large, Complex-Shaped Reaction Bonded Ceramic TilesMeans of Using Advance Processing to Eliminate Anomalous Defects on SIC Armor; Ballistic Properties of Pressureless Sintered SiCmb Composites; Improved Ballistic Performance by Using a Polymer Matrix Composite Facing on Boron Carbide Armor Titles; Analysis of Scattering Sites in Transparent Magnesium Aluminate Spinel; Author Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Advances in ceramic armor
• ISBN: 1-282-31304-5; 9786612313042; 0-470-29127-3; 0-470-29166-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910144849003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Ceramic engineering and science proceedings ; ; v. 26, no. 7.