A collection of papers presented at the 32nd International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, January 27-February 1, 2008, Daytona Beach, Florida / / editor, Lisa Prokurat Franks ; volume editors, Tatsuki Ohji, Andrew Wereszczak

• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (244 p.)
• Disciplina: 620.14; 623.7/4
• Soggetto topico: Armor; Ceramic materials; Composite materials
• Altri autori: Prokurat FranksLisa OhjiT (Tatsuki) WereszczakAndrew
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Advances in Ceramic Armor IV; Contents; Preface; Introduction; TRANSPARENT GLASSES AND CERAMICS; Mesomechanical Constitutive Relations for Glass and Ceramic Armor; Optimizing Transparent Armor Design Subject to Projectile Impact Conditions; Physics of Glass Failure during Rod Penetration; Adhesive Bond Evaluation in Laminated Safety Glass using Guided Wave Attenuation Measurements; Applying Modeling Tools to Predict Performance of Transparent Ceramic Laminate Armors; An Economic Comparison of Hot Pressing vs. Pressureless Sintering for Transparent Spinel Armor ; Advances in Ballistic Performance of Commercially Available Saint-Gobain Sapphire Transparent Armor CompositesDefect Free Spinel Ceramics of High Strength and High Transparency; OPAQUE CERAMICS; Recent Results on the Fundamental Performance of a Hot-Pressed Silicon Carbide Impacted by Sub-Scale Long-Rod Penetrators; Instrumented Hertzian Indentation Study of Two Commercial Silicon Carbides; Apparent Yield Strength of Hot-Pressed SiCs; Microstructural Examination and Quasi-Static Property Determination of Sintered Armor Grade SiC ; Quantitative Characterization of Localized Amplitude Variations in Silicon Carbide Ceramics using Ultrasound C-Scan ImagingGrain Boundary Engineering of Silicon Carbide by Means of Coprecipitation; The Possible Roles of Stoichiometry, Microstructure, and Defects on the Mechanical Behavior of Boron Carbide; A Review of Ceramics for Armor Applications; NOVEL EVALUATION AND CHARACTERIZATION; A Portable Microwave Scanning Technique for Nondestructive Testing of Multilayered Dielectric Materials; Ballistic Damage Assessment of a Thin Compound Curved B4C Ceramic Plate using XCT ; Evaluation of Ballistically-Induced Damage in Ceramic Targets by X-Ray Computed TomographyAutomated Nondestructive Evaluation System for Hard Armor Protective Inserts of Body Armor; Analysis of Hardness Indentation Size Effect (ISE) Curves in Ceramics: A New Approach to Determine Plasticity; Author Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: A collection of papers presented at the 32nd International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, January 27-February 1, 2008, Daytona Beach, Florida
• ISBN: 1-282-02222-9; 9786612022227; 0-470-45628-0; 0-470-45627-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821767903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Ceramic engineering and science proceedings ; ; v. 29, no. 6.