Advances in ceramic armor XI: a collection of papers presented at the 39th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, January 25-30, 2015, Daytona Beach, Florida

Content: TITLE PAGE
 COPYRIGHT
 PREFACE
 INTRODUCTION
 TNO's RESEARCH ON CERAMIC BASED ARMOR
 ABSTRACT
 INTRODUCTION
 BALLISTIC TEST METHOD
 ADDITIONAL EXPERIMENTS
 ENGINEERING MODEL
 CONCLUSION
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
 REFERENCES
 INVESTIGATION OF THE KINETIC ENERGY CHARACTERIZATION OF ADVANCED CERAMICS
 ABSTRACT
 BACKGROUND
 EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY
 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
 CONCLUSIONS
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
 REFERENCES
 PREDICTING THE LIGHT TRANSMITTANCE OF MULTILAYER TRANSPARENT ARMOR
 ABSTRACT
 INTRODUCTION
 EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION OF OPTICAL PROPERTIES
 MODEL CONSTRUCTION & VALIDATION
 DISCUSSION. Conclusionreferences
 opertor training and performance measurement for nondestructive testing of ceramic armor
 abstract
 introduction
 method
 equipment
 training
 conclusions
 acknowledgments
 references
 from micron-sized particles to nanoparticles and nanobelts : structural non-uniformity in the synthesis of boron carbide by carbothermal reductionreaction
 abstract
 introduction
 experimental
 results and discussion
 conclusion
 references
 nanocrys talline boron carbide powder synthesized via carbothermal reduction reaction
 abstract
 introduction
 experimental procedure. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONCONCLUSION
 REFERENCES
 SYNTHESIS AND CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR OF AMORPHOUS BORON NITRIDE
 ABSTRACT
 INTRODUCTION
 EXPERIMENTAL
 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
 CONCLUSION
 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
 REFERENCES
 c-BN SEEDING EFFECT ON THE PHASE TRANSITION OF a-BN(OC) COMPOUND
 ABSTRACT
 INTRODUCTION
 EXPERIMENTAL
 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
 CONCLUSION
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
 REFERENCES
 SCREENING OF SILICON PRECURSORS FOR INCORPORATION INTO BORON CARBIDE
 ABSTRACT
 INTRODUCTION
 EXPERIMENTAL
 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
 CONCLUSIONS
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
 REFERENCES
 PROCESSING OF BORON RICH BORON CARBIDE. ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION
 EXPERIMENTAL
 RESULTS
 FUTURE WORK
 CONCLUSION
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
 REFERENCES
 REACTION BONDED SIC/DIAMOND COMPOSITES: PROPERTIES AND IMPACT BEHAVIOR IN HIGH STRAIN RATE APPLICATIONS
 ABSTRACT
 INTRODUCTION
 TEST METHODS AND SAMPLE PREPARATION
 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
 SUMMARY
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
 REFERENCES
 INFLUENCE OF POWDER OXYGEN CONTENT ON SILICON CARBIDE MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES
 ABSTRACT
 INTRODUCTION
 EXPERIMENTAL
 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
 CONCLUSIONS
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
 REFERENCES
 PREPARATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF TiB2 HARDCERAMIC MATERIALS. Abstractintroduction
 experimental
 results and discussion
 conclusions
 acknowledgments
 references
 improving fracture toughness of alumina with multi- walled carbon nanotube and alumina fiber reinforcements
 abstract
 introduction
 experimental procedure
 testing and characterization
 results and discussion
 conclusions
 acknowledgments
 references
 author index
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