Preface ix Introduction xi MODELING AND DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR Mesoscale Modeling of the Dynamic Response of Armor Ceramics 3 T. Antoun, O. Vorobiev, E.B. Herbold, and Scott Johnson Constitutive Characterization and Simulations of Penetration into 19 Thick Glass Targets Charles E. Anderson, Jr., Sidney Chocron, Kathryn A. Dannemann, and Rory P.
Bigger On the Source of Inelasticity in Ceramics 31 Sikhanda Satapathy and Dattatraya Dandekar Novel Equations of State for Hydrocode 41 Stephan Bilyk, Michael Grinfeld, and Steven Segletes Numerical Study of the Effect of Small Size Flaws on the Ballistic 53 Behavior of Transparent Laminated Targets Costas G. Fountzoulas and Parimal J. Patel High Strain Rate Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar Testing of Alumina 65 Jianming Yuan, Jianfei Liu, Geoffrey E. B. Tan, and Jan Ma TRANSPARENT MATERIALS Low Velocity Sphere Impact of Soda Lime Silicate Glass 79 T. G. Morrissey, E. E.
Fox, A. A. Wereszczak, and D. J. Vuono Preparation and Sintering of Al203 - Doped Magnesium Aluminate 93 Spinel Minh Vu, Richard Haber, and Hasan Gocmez Polished Spinel Directly from the Hot Press 105 Guillermo Villatobos, Shyam Bayya, Woohong Kim, Jasbinder Sanghera, Bryan Sadowski, Robert Miklos, Catalin Florea, Ishwar Aggarwal, and Michael Hunt In Depth Study of Cone Cracks in Multi-Layered Transparent Panel 111 Structures by X-Ray Computed Tomography W. H. Green, R. E.
Brennan, and C. F. Fountzoulas Nondestructive Characterization of Low Velocity Impact Damage in 123 Transparent Laminate Systems Raymond E. Brennan, William H. Green, and Constantine G. Fountzoulas XCT Diagnostics of Ballistic Impact Damage in Transparent Armor 133 Targets Joseph M. Wells OPAQUE MATERIALS Opportunities in Protection Materials Science and Technology for 147 Future Army Applications Edwin L. Thomas Surface Preparation of Alumina for Improved Adhesive Bond 149 Strength in Armor Applications A.
J. Harris, B. Vaughan, J. A. Yeomans, P. A. Smith, and S. T.
Burnage Discrimination of Basic Influences on the Ballistic Strength of 161 Opaque and Transparent Ceramics Andreas Krell and Elmar Strassburger Quantifying the Homogeneity of Ceramic Microstructures through 177 Information Entropy Andrew R. Portune and Todd L. Jessen Effect of Boron Carbide Additive Size and Morphology on Spark 187 Plasma Sintered Silicon Carbide V. DeLucca and R. A. Haber Submicron Boron Carbide Synthesis Through Rapid Carbothermal 195 Reduction Steve Miller, Fatih Toksoy, William Rafaniello, and Richard Haber Improved Modeling and Simulation of the Ballistic Impact of Tungsten-Based Penetrators on Confined Hot-Pressed Boron Carbide Targets 209 C. G Fountzoulas and J. C.
LaSalvia Development of Reaction Bonded B4C-Diamond Composites 219 P. G. Karandikar and S. Wong Author Index 231.