Advances in Ceramic Armor VII, Volume 32, Issue 5

Preface ix Introduction xi HIGH-RATE REAL-TIME CHARACTERIZATION The Influence of Temperature and Confinement Pressure on theDynamic Response of Damaged Borosilicate Glass 3 Xu Nie and Weinong W. Chen The Strain-Rate Dependence of the Hardness of AIN Doped SiC11 N. Ur-rehman, P. Brown, and L. J. Vandeperre Static and Dynamic Indentation Response of Ion-Armor Glass21 Phillip Jannotti and Ghatu Subhash, and Arun Varshneya MANUFACTURING Transparent Armor for the New Standard in BattlefieldPerformance 29 Kathie Leighton, John Carberry, Wiktor Serafin, Terranee Avery,and Douglas Templeton Characterization of Residual Stresses in SiC Based Ceramic Tiles43 Brian Munn, Keyu Li, James Zheng, and Karl Masters MICROSTRUCTURAL DESIGN FOR ENHANCED ARMOR CERAMICS Microstructural Design for Si-B4C-Diamond System 61 P. G. Karandikar and S. Wong Fabrication of High Volume Fraction SiCp/AI Metal MatrixComposites 71 Ryan McCuiston, Sukunthakan Ngernbamrung, Kannigar Dateraksa,Kuljira Sujirote, Jessada Wannasin, and Trinnamet Sungkapun Densification and Microstructural Properties of Boron-Carbide inSpark Plasma Sintering 81 M. F. Toksoy and R. A. Haber Modeling Heat Transfer During Sublimation Growth of SiliconCarbide Single Crystals by Physical Vapor Transport 91 J. B. Allen, C. F. Cornwell, N. J. Lee, C. P. Marsh, J. F.Peters, and C. R. Welch Development of Nano Zirconia Toughened Alumina for Ceramic ArmorApplications 103 S. Huang, J. Binner, B. Vaidhyanathan, P. Brown, C. Hampson andC. Spacie Microstructure Property Relationship in Cermic Armor Materials115 Douglas M. Slusark and R.A. Haber NONDESTRUCTIVE CHARACTERIZATION Ultrasonic Nondestructive Characterization and its Correlationto Alumina Microstructure 129 S. Bottiglieri and R. A. Haber Low Velocity Impact Damage Characterization of TransparentMaterials 139 Raymond E. Brennan and William H. Green Comparison of Penetration Damage in Novel Mg Specimens viaComputed Tomography 151 William H. Green and Kyu C. Cho Application of a Miniaturized Portable Microwave InterferenceScanning System for Nondestructive Testing of Composite CeramicArmor 163 K. F. Schmidt, Jr., J. R. Little, Jr., W. A. Ellingson, LisaProkurat Franks, Thomas J. Meitzler, and W. Green Statistical Quantification and Sensitivity Prediction ofPhased-Array Ultrasonic Data in Composite Ceramic Armor 173 J. S. Steckenrider, T.J. Meitzler, Lisa Prokurat Franks, and W.A. Ellingson Ultrasonic Nondestructive Characterization of Oil-Based Clay185 V. DeLucca and R. A. Haber