The Armor Ceramics Symposium provides an annual forum for the presentation and discussion of unclassified information and ideas pertaining to the development and incorporation of ceramic materials for armor applications. This collection of articles from the seventh edition of this symposium focused on Impact, Penetration and Material Modeling, Material Concepts, Processes and Characterization, the Application of NDE, and Transparent Armor.

The Armor Ceramics Symposium provides an annual forum for the presentation and discussion of unclassified information and ideas pertaining to the development and incorporation of ceramic materials for armor applications. This collection of articles from the seventh edition of this symposium focused on Impact, Penetration and Material Modeling, Material Concepts, Processes and Characterization, the Application of NDE, and Transparent Armor.

Preface.Introduction.Impact, Penetration and Material Modeling.Fragmentation of Ceramics in the Ballistic Environment.(Dennis E. Grady).Flow Behavior of GLass at the Tip of a Penetrator. Rheology ofPowder and Porous Media In Modeling of Penetration into PorousCeramic. (D.A. Shockey, D. Bergmannshoft, D.R. Curran, and J. W.Simons).Computer Modeling of Shock Wave Propagation in SiC-Sample.(B.A. Galonov, V.V. Kartuzov, and S.M. Ivanov).Ballistic IMpact Damage Observations in a Hot-pressed BoronCarbide. (V.L. Bekenev, V.V. Kartuzov, E.V. Kartuzov, and H.V.Hachataian).Characterization of Mictrostructural Damgae in Silicon CarbideProcessed via Modified Chemical Vapor Deposition. (J.C.LaSalvia, R.B. Leavy, J.R. Houskamp, H.T. Miller, D.E. MacKenzieand J. Campbell).Material Concepts, Processes and Characterization.Effects of Grain Size, Shape and Second Phases on Properties ofSintered SiC. (H.T. Miller, J.C. LaSalvia, R.B. Leavy, andD.E. MacKenzie).Indenter Elastic Modulus and Hertzian Ring Crack Iniation.(K.T. Strong, Jr., A.A. Wereszezak, and W.L. Dalez, and O. M.Jadaan).High Frequency Ultrasound of Alumina for High Strain-RateApplications. (S. Bottiglieri and R.A. Haber).The effect of Particle Size, Particle Loading and ThermalProcessing Conditions on the Properties of Alumina ReinforcedAluminum Metal Matrix Composites. (Allyn L. McCormick, MichaelK. Aghajanian, Andrew L. Marshall).Pressureless Sintering of B4C-SiC Composites for ArmorApplications. (Rosa Marla da Rocha, Francisco C. L. deMelo).Applications of NDE.A Portable Microwave Interference Scanning System forNondestructive Testing of Multi-Layered Diclectric Materials.(K.F. Schmidt, Jr., J.R. Little, Jr., W.A. Ellingson, andW.Green).Destructive Testing and Nondestructive Evaluation of AluminaStructural Ceramics. (Raymond E. Brennan, William H. GreenJames M. Sands).Nondestructive Evaluation of as Fabricated and DamgedEncapsulated Ceramics. (William H. Green, Raymond Brennan, andRobert H. Carter).Microstructural Study of Sintered SiC via High FequencyUltrasound Spectroscopy. (A.R. Portune and R.A. Haber).Impact Damage Analysis in a Level III Flexible Body Armor Vestusing XCT Diagnostics. (Joe Wells. Nevin Rupert, and MurrayNeal).Transparent Armor.Impact onto Glass and Glass Ceramic Bars. (Stephan BlessJohn Tolman, Scott Levinson, and Ian Polyzois).Numerical Study of the Effect of Surface Stresses of TransparentCeramics of Laminated Targets for Military Armor Applications.(Costas G. Fountzoulas, James M. Sands, Gary Gilda, Parimal J.Patel).Analyses of Various Damage Mechanisms in Transparent ArmorSubject to Projectile Impact. (Kevin C. Lai, Xin Sun, andDouglas W. Templeton).Pressureless Reaction of Sintering of AION Using AluminumOrthophospage as a Transient Liquid Phase. (Michael Bakas, HenryChu).Alon Transparent Armor. (Lee M. Goldman, Robyn Foti, MarkSmith, Uday Kashalikar, and Suri Sastri).Author Index.