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<p><i>Preface ix</i></p> <p><i>Introduction xi</i></p> <p>Inspecting Composite Ceramic Armor Using Advanced Signal Processing Together with Phased Array Ultrasound 1<br /> <i>J. S. Steckenrider, W. A. Ellingson, E.R. Koehl, and T. J. Meitzler</i></p> <p>A Comparison of NDE Methods for Inspection of Composite Ceramic Armor 13<br /> <i>W. A. Ellingson and E.R. Koehl, T. J. Meitzler, L. P. Franks, and J. S. Steckenrider</i></p> <p>NDT Characterization of Boron Carbide for Ballistic Applications 25<br /> <i>Dimosthenis Liaptsis, Ian Cooper, Nick Ludford, Alec Gunner, Mike Williams, David Willis, Colin Roberson, Lucian Falticeanu, and Peter Brown</i></p> <p>Advanced Nondestructive Ultrasound Characterization of Transparent Spinel 37<br /> <i>A. R. Portune and R. A. Haber</i></p> <p>Optimization of a Portable Microwave Interference Scanning System for Nondestructive Testing of Multi-Layered Dielectric Materials 47<br /> <i>K. F. Schmidt, Jr., J. R. Little, Jr., W. A. Ellingson, L. P. Franks, and W. Green</i></p> <p>Corrective Techniques for the Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation of Ceramic Materials 57<br /> <i>S. Bottiglieri and R. A. Haber</i></p> <p>Quantitative Evaluation of Structural Damage in Lightweight Armor Materials Via XCT 69<br /> <i>William H. Green, Kyu C. Cho, Jonathan S. Montgomery, and Herbert Miller</i></p> <p>Static and Dynamic Properties of Mg/Ceramic MMCs 79<br /> <i>M. K. Aghajanian, A. L. McCormick, A. L. Marshall, W. M. Waggoner, and P. K Karandikar</i></p> <p>Impact Study of AIN-AION Composite 87<br /> <i>Kakoli Das, Monamul Haque Dafadar, Rajesh Kumar Varma, and Sampad Kumar Biswas</i></p> <p>Ballistic Evaluation and Damage Characterization of Metal-Ceramic Interpenetrating Composites for Light Armor Applications 97<br /> <i>Hong Chang, Jon Binner, and Rebecca Higginson</i></p> <p>Effect of an Interface on Dynamic Crack Propagation 105<br /> <i>Hwun Park and Weinong Chen</i></p> <p>Dynamic Equation of State and Strength of Boron Carbide 115<br /> <i>Dennis E. Grady</i></p> <p>Multiscale Modeling of Armor Ceramics 143<br /> <i>Reuben H. Kraft, Iskander Batyrev, Sukbin Lee, A. D. Rollett, and Betsy Rice</i></p> <p>Future Transparent Materials Evaluated through Parametric Analysis 159<br /> <i>Costas G. Fountzoulas and James M. Sands</i></p> <p>Nano-Processing for Larger Fine-Grained Windows of Transparent Spinel 167<br /> <i>Andreas Krell, Thomas Hutzler, Jens Klimke, and Annegret Potthoff</i></p> <p>Experimental Methods for Characterization and Evaluation of Transparent Armor Materials 183<br /> <i>E. Strassburger, M. Hunzinger, J. W. McCauley, and P. Patel</i></p> <p>Method for Producing SiC Armor Tiles of Higher Performance at Lower Cost 199<br /> <i>Bhanu Chelluri, Edward Knoth, Edward Schumaker, and Lisa P. Franks</i></p> <p>Development of Biomorphic SiSiC- and C/SiSiC-Materials for Lightweight Armor 207<br /> <i>Bernhard Heidenreich, Matteo Crippa, Heinz Voggenreiter Elmar Straßburger, Heiner Gedon, and Marco Nordmann</i></p> <p>Influence of Impurities on Stacking Fault Dynamics in SiC under External Loading 221<br /> <i>Vladislav Domnich and Richard A Haber</i></p> <p>Evolution of the AIN Distribution during Sintering of Aluminium Nitride Doped Silicon Carbide 231<br /> <i>N. Ur-rehman, P. Brown, and L. J. Vandeperre</i></p> <p>Microstructure, Mechanical Properties, and Performance of Magnesium Aluminum Boride (MgAIB14) 239<br /> <i>Michael L. Whittaker, Raymond A. Cutler, James Campbell, and Jerry La Salvia</i></p> <p>Microstructural Development and Phase Changes in Reaction Bonded Boron Carbide 251<br /> <i>P. G. Karandikar, S. Wong, G. Evans, and M. K. Aghajanian</i></p> <p><i>Author Index 261</i></p>

<p>Jeffrey J. Swab is the editor of Advances in Ceramic Armor VI, Volume 31, Issue 5, published by Wiley. Sanjay Mathur is the editor of Advances in Ceramic Armor VI, Volume 31, Issue 5, published by Wiley.

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