Advances in Ceramic Armor VII: Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, Volume 32 Issue 5

Preface ix Introduction xi HIGH-RATE REAL-TIME CHARACTERIZATION The Influence of Temperature and Confinement Pressure on the Dynamic Response of Damaged Borosilicate Glass 3 Xu Nie and Weinong W. Chen The Strain-Rate Dependence of the Hardness of AIN Doped SiC 11 N. Ur-rehman, P. Brown, and L. J. Vandeperre Static and Dynamic Indentation Response of Ion-Armor Glass 21 Phillip Jannotti and Ghatu Subhash, and Arun Varshneya MANUFACTURING Transparent Armor for the New Standard in Battlefield Performance 29 Kathie Leighton, John Carberry, Wiktor Serafin, Terranee Avery, and Douglas Templeton Characterization of Residual Stresses in SiC Based Ceramic Tiles 43 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 Matrix Composites 71 Ryan McCuiston, Sukunthakan Ngernbamrung, Kannigar Dateraksa, Kuljira Sujirote, Jessada Wannasin, and Trinnamet Sungkapun Densification and Microstructural Properties of Boron-Carbide in Spark Plasma Sintering 81 M. F. Toksoy and R. A. Haber Modeling Heat Transfer During Sublimation Growth of Silicon Carbide 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 Armor Applications 103 S. Huang, J. Binner, B. Vaidhyanathan, P. Brown, C. Hampson and C. Spacie Microstructure Property Relationship in Cermic Armor Materials 115 Douglas M. Slusark and R.A. Haber NONDESTRUCTIVE CHARACTERIZATION Ultrasonic Nondestructive Characterization and its Correlation to Alumina Microstructure 129 S. Bottiglieri and R. A. Haber Low Velocity Impact Damage Characterization of Transparent Materials 139 Raymond E. Brennan and William H. Green Comparison of Penetration Damage in Novel Mg Specimens via Computed Tomography 151 William H. Green and Kyu C. Cho Application of a Miniaturized Portable Microwave Interference Scanning System for Nondestructive Testing of Composite Ceramic Armor 163 K. F. Schmidt, Jr., J. R. Little, Jr., W. A. Ellingson, Lisa Prokurat Franks, Thomas J. Meitzler, and W. Green Statistical Quantification and Sensitivity Prediction of Phased-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 Clay 185 V. DeLucca and R. A. Haber