Advances in Ceramic Armor IX: Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, Volume 34 Issue 5

158 Pages·2013·9.262 MB·English

by  Jerry C. LaSalvia, Soshu Kirihara, Sujanto Widjaja

Advances in
Ceramic Armor IX

Advances in
Ceramic Armor IX
A Collection of Papers Presented at the
37th International Conference on
Advanced Ceramics and Composites
January 27-February 1, 2013
Daytona Beach, Florida
Edited by
Jerry C. LaSalvia
Volume Editors
Soshu Kirihara
Sujanto Widjaja
The American Ceramic Society
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Contents
Preface vii
Introduction ix
Responses of Siliceous Materials to High Pressure 1
A. A. Wereszczak, T. G. Morrissey, M. K. Ferber, K. P. Bortle, E. A. Rodgers,
G. Tsoi, J. M. Montgomery, Y. Vohra, and S. Toller
Edge-On Impact Investigation of Fracture Propagation in Boron 15
Carbide
E. Strassburger
Macroscopic Assessment of High Pressure Failure of BC and 25
4
B C/SiC Composites
4
S. M. Salamone, P. G. Karandikar, A. L. Marshall, M. K. Aghajanian,
J. Q. Zheng, and S. E. Homer
Effect of Prestressing on the Ballistic Performance of Alumina 31
Ceramics: Experiments and Modeling
Aaron H. Gassman, Vitaly Paris, Lev Levin, Zvi Asaf, Avi Ya'akobovich,
Eylam Ran, and Felix Aizik
Geometrical Effect on Damage in Reaction Bonded Ceramic 41
Composites having Experienced High Strain Rate Impact
Andrew L. Marshall, Prashant G. Karandikar, Brian P. Givens,
Anthony F. Liszkiewicz, Raul Segura, Eric M. Klier, and Kevin J. Doherty
Optimizing the Arrangement of Ceramic Tile Periodic Arrays for 53
Armor Applications using a Genetic Algorithm
Michael C. Golt and Matthew S. Bratcher
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Al/Al 0 MMCs and Macrocomposites for Armor Applications 63
2 3
P. Karandikar, E. Klier, M. Watkins, Brandon McWilliams, and M. Aghajanian
Mechanical Response Anisotropy in Hot-Pressed Silicon Carbide 75
A. A. Wereszczak, D. J. Vuono, K. P. Bortle, P. J. Ritt, J. J. Swab, and
J. Campbell
Comparison of Armor Ceramics Made by Spark Plasma Sintering 85
(SPS) and Pressureless Sintering
P. Karandikar, S. Wong, M. Duke, R. Haber, Minn Vu, and J. Singh
Pressureless Sintering of SiC-B C Composites 101
4
L.J. Vandeperre and J.H. Teo
Development of Transparent Polycrystalline Beta-Silicon Carbide 109
Ceramic using Field Assisted Sintering Technology
Guillermo R. Villalobos, Shyam Bayya, Jasbinder S. Sanghera, Michael P. Hunt,
Michael K. Cinibulk, Carmen M. Carney, Kristin A. Keller, Bryan M. Sadowski,
and Ishwar D. Aggarwal
Densification of Synthesized Boron Carbide Powders using SPS 115
M. Fatih Toksoy, William Rafaniello, Richard Haber, and Steve Miller
Consolidation of Aluminum Magnesium Boride (AIMgB ) by 123
14
Pulsed Electric Current Sintering (PECS) Technique
Nesredin Kedir, Gary Gilde, and Kyu Cho
Ultrasonic Nondestructive Characterization of Transparent Spinel 133
Microstructure
V. DeLucca and R. A. Haber
Author Index 143
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Preface
I had the pleasure of being the lead organizer for the 11th Armor Ceramics Sympo­
sium in 2013 at the 37th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and
Composites. I am very grateful for the guidance and support that was provided by
Jeff Swab, Lisa Franks, Andy Wereszczak, Jim McCauley, and the organizing com­
mittee in putting this symposium together. Consistent with the history of this sym­
posium, we strived to create a program that would foster discussion and collabora­
tion between researchers from around the world in academia, government, and
industry on various scientific issues associated with the topic of armor ceramics.
The 2013 symposium consisted of approximately 80 invited, contributing, and
poster presentations from the international scientific community in the areas of syn­
thesis and processing, manufacturing, materials characterization, testing and evalu­
ation, quasi-static and dynamic behavior, modeling, and application. In addition,
because of their importance for the foreseeable future, this symposium also had spe­
cial focused topic sessions on Transparent Ceramics and Glasses, Boron-Icosahe-
dral Based Ceramics, and the Army Research Laboratory's new program on Materi­
als in Extreme Dynamic Environments. Based on feedback from attendees, the
2013 symposium was a success, and the manuscripts contained in these proceedings
are from some of the presentations that comprised the 11th edition of the Armor Ce­
ramics Symposium.
On behalf of Jeff Swab, Lisa Franks, and the organizing committee, I would like
to thank all of the presenters, authors, session chairs, and manuscript reviewers for
their efforts in making this symposium and the associated proceedings a success. I
would also especially like to thank Andy Wereszczak, Mike Golt, Steve Kilczews-
ki, Bob Pavlacka, Gene Shanholtz, Eric Warner, and Jared Wright for stepping up
at the last minute to host and chair the symposium when we were unable to due to
Sequestration. Last, but not least, I would like to recognize Marilyn Stoltz and Greg
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Geiger of The American Ceramic Society, for their support and tireless efforts with­
out which the success of this symposium would not be possible.
JERRY C. LASALVIA
Symposium Chair, Armor Ceramics
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