This book is a collection of papers from The American Ceramic Society's 35th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, held in Daytona Beach, Florida, January 23-28, 2011. This issue includes papers presented in the Armor Ceramics Symposium on topics such as Manufacturing; High-Rate Real-Time Characterization; Microstructural Design; Nondestructive Characterization; and Phenomenology and Mechanics of Ceramics Subjected to Ballistic Impact.

This book is a collection of papers from The American Ceramic Society's 35th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, held in Daytona Beach, Florida, January 23-28, 2011. This issue includes papers presented in the Armor Ceramics Symposium on topics such as Manufacturing; High-Rate Real-Time Characterization; Microstructural Design; Nondestructive Characterization; and Phenomenology and Mechanics of Ceramics Subjected to Ballistic Impact.

Preface ixIntroduction xiHIGH-RATE REAL-TIME CHARACTERIZATIONThe Influence of Temperature and Confinement Pressure on theDynamic Response of Damaged Borosilicate Glass 3Xu Nie and Weinong W. ChenThe Strain-Rate Dependence of the Hardness of AIN Doped SiC11N. Ur-rehman, P. Brown, and L. J. VandeperreStatic and Dynamic Indentation Response of Ion-Armor Glass21Phillip Jannotti and Ghatu Subhash, and Arun VarshneyaMANUFACTURINGTransparent Armor for the New Standard in BattlefieldPerformance 29Kathie Leighton, John Carberry, Wiktor Serafin, Terranee Averyand Douglas TempletonCharacterization of Residual Stresses in SiC Based Ceramic Tiles43Brian Munn, Keyu Li, James Zheng, and Karl MastersMICROSTRUCTURAL DESIGN FOR ENHANCED ARMOR CERAMICSMicrostructural Design for Si-B4C-Diamond System 61P. G. Karandikar and S. WongFabrication of High Volume Fraction SiCp/AI Metal MatrixComposites 71Ryan McCuiston, Sukunthakan Ngernbamrung, Kannigar DateraksaKuljira Sujirote, Jessada Wannasin, and Trinnamet SungkapunDensification and Microstructural Properties of Boron-Carbide inSpark Plasma Sintering 81M. F. Toksoy and R. A. HaberModeling Heat Transfer During Sublimation Growth of SiliconCarbide Single Crystals by Physical Vapor Transport 91J. B. Allen, C. F. Cornwell, N. J. Lee, C. P. Marsh, J. F.Peters, and C. R. WelchDevelopment of Nano Zirconia Toughened Alumina for Ceramic ArmorApplications 103S. Huang, J. Binner, B. Vaidhyanathan, P. Brown, C. Hampson andC. SpacieMicrostructure Property Relationship in Cermic Armor Materials115Douglas M. Slusark and R.A. HaberNONDESTRUCTIVE CHARACTERIZATIONUltrasonic Nondestructive Characterization and its Correlationto Alumina Microstructure 129S. Bottiglieri and R. A. HaberLow Velocity Impact Damage Characterization of TransparentMaterials 139Raymond E. Brennan and William H. GreenComparison of Penetration Damage in Novel Mg Specimens viaComputed Tomography 151William H. Green and Kyu C. ChoApplication of a Miniaturized Portable Microwave InterferenceScanning System for Nondestructive Testing of Composite CeramicArmor 163K. F. Schmidt, Jr., J. R. Little, Jr., W. A. Ellingson, LisaProkurat Franks, Thomas J. Meitzler, and W. GreenStatistical Quantification and Sensitivity Prediction ofPhased-Array Ultrasonic Data in Composite Ceramic Armor 173J. S. Steckenrider, T.J. Meitzler, Lisa Prokurat Franks, and W.A. EllingsonUltrasonic Nondestructive Characterization of Oil-Based Clay185V. DeLucca and R. A. Haber