Science of Armour Materials

Informationen zum Autor Dr Ian G Crouch is an armour consultant and currently holds the position of Adjunct Professor at RMIT University in Melbourne. From 2008, until 2013, he headed the Armour Technologies division at Australian Defence Apparel (ADA) responsible for design, development and production of body armour components, especially those for the Australian Defence Force and various Police Services around the world. He is the author of over 80 publications in his field and has three patents to his name.

List of contents

1 Introduction
2 Armour steels
3 Light alloys
4 Laminated structures
5 Polymers and FRPs
6 Fibres, Textiles and Apparel
7 Glasses and Ceramics
8 Analytical techniques
9 Numerical modelling
10 HSR testing
11 Ballistic testing
12 Conclusions

Product details

• Authors: Ian Crouch, Ian (Armour Solutions Pty Ltd Crouch
• Assisted by: Ian Crouch (Editor), Crouch Ian (Editor)
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9780081010020
• ISBN: 978-0-08-101002-0
• No. of pages: 754
• Series: Woodhead Publishing in Materials
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science, Testing of materials, Ordnance, weapons technology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Materials Science / General