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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 Carbide 15
E. Strassburger Macroscopic Assessment of High Pressure Failure of B4C and B4C/SiC Composites 25
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 Ceramics: Experiments and Modeling 31
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 Composites having Experienced High Strain Rate Impact 41
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 Armor Applications using a Genetic Algorithm 53
Michael C. Golt and Matthew S. Bratcher Al/Al203 MMCs and Macrocomposites for Armor Applications 63
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 (SPS) and Pressureless Sintering 85
P. Karandikar, S. Wong, M. Duke, R. Haber, Minn Vu, and J. Singh Pressureless Sintering of SiC-B4C Composites 101
L.J. Vandeperre and J.H. Teo Development of Transparent Polycrystalline Beta-Silicon Carbide Ceramic using Field Assisted Sintering Technology 109
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 (AIMgB14) by Pulsed Electric Current Sintering (PECS) Technique 123
Nesredin Kedir, Gary Gilde, and Kyu Cho Ultrasonic Nondestructive Characterization of Transparent Spinel Microstructure 133
V. DeLucca and R. A. Haber Author Index 143
