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.

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.

Preface.Introduction.TRANSPARENT GLASSES AND CERAMICS.Mesomechanical Constitutive Relations for Glass and CeramicArmor (D.R. Curran, D.A. Shockey, and J.W. Simons).Optimizing Transparent Armor Design Subject to Projectile ImpactConditions (Xin Sun, Kevin C. Lai, Tara Gorsich, and Douglas W.Templeton).Physics of Glass Failure during Rod Penetration (D.A.Shockey, D. Bergmannshoff, D.R. Curran, and J.W. Simons).Adhesive Bond Evaluation in Laminated Safety Glass using GuidedWave Attenuation Measurements (S. Hou and H. Reis).Applying Modeling Tools to Predict Performance of TransparentCeramic Laminate Armors (C.G. Fountzoulas, J.M. Sands, G.A.Gilde, and P.J. Patel).An Economic Comparison of Hot Pressing vs. PressurelessSintering for Transparent Spinel Armor (A. LaRoche, K.Rozenburg, J. Voyles, L. Fehrenbacher, and Gary Gilde).Advances in Ballistic Performance of Commercially AvailableSaint-Gobain Sapphire Transparent Armor Composites (ChristopherD. Jones, Jeffrey B. Rioux, John W. Locher, Vincent Pluen, andMatthias Mandelartz).Defect Free Spinel Ceramics of High Strength and HighTransparency (Juan L. Sepulveda, Raouf 0. Loutfy, and SekyungChang).OPAQUE CERAMICS.Recent Results on the Fundamental Performance of a Hot-PressedSilicon Carbide Impacted by Sub-scale Long-Rod Penetrators (JenyC. LaSalvia, Brian Leavy, Herbert T. Miller, Joshua R. Houskampand Ryan C. McCuiston).Instrumented Hertzian Indentation Study of Two CommericalSilicon Carbides (H.T. Miller, R.C. McCuiston, and J.C.LaSalvia).Apparent Yield Strength of Hot-Pressed Sics (W.L. Daloz, A.A.Wereszczak, and O.M. Jadaan).Microstructural Examination and Quasi-Static PropertyDetermination of Sintered Armor Grade Sic (Memduh V. DemirbasRichard A. Haber, and Raymond E. Brennan).Quantitative Characterization of Localized Amplitude Variationsin Silicon Carbide Ceramics using Ultrasound C-Scan Imaging(Raymond Brennan, James McCauley, Richard Haber, and DaleNiesz).Grain Boundary Engineering of Silicon Carbide by Means ofCoprecipitation (Steven Mercurio, Mihaela Jitianu, and RichardA. Haber).The Possible Roles of Stoichiometry, Microstructure, and Defectson the Mechanical Behavior of Boron Carbide (Ryan McCuistonJeny LaSalvia, James McCauley, and William Mayo).A Review of Ceramics for Armor Applications (P.G. KarandikarG. Evans, S. Wong, M.K. Aghajanian, and M. Sennett).NOVEL EVALUATION AND CHARACTERIZATION.A Portable Microwave Scanning Technique for NondestructiveTesting of Multilayered Dielectric Materials (Karl Schmidt, JackLittle, and William A. Ellingson).Ballistic Damage Assessment of a Thin Compound Curved B4CCeramic Plate using XCT (J.M. Wells and N.L. Rupert).Evaluation of Ballistically-Induced Damage in Ceramic Targets byX-Ray Computed Tomography (William H. Green, Herbert T. MillerJerry C. LaSalvia, Datta P. Dandekar, and Daniel Casem).Automated Nondestructive Evaluation System for Hard ArmorProtective Inserts of Body Armor (Nicholas Haynes, Karl MastersChris Perritt, David Simmons, James Zheng, and James E.Youngberg).Analysis of Hardness Indentation Size Effect (ISE) Curves inCeramics: A New Approach to Determine Plasticity (Trevor E.Wilantewicz and James W. McCauley).Author Index.