Jeffrey J. Swab, U.S. Army Research Laboratory.

• Preface ix Introduction xiHIGH-RATE REAL-TIME CHARACTERIZATIONThe Influence of Temperature and Confinement Pressure on the Dynamic Response of Damaged Borosilicate Glass 3Xu Nie and Weinong W. ChenThe Strain-Rate Dependence of the Hardness of AIN Doped SiC 11N. Ur-rehman, P. Brown, and L. J. VandeperreStatic and Dynamic Indentation Response of Ion-Armor Glass 21Phillip Jannotti and Ghatu Subhash, and Arun VarshneyaMANUFACTURINGTransparent Armor for the New Standard in Battlefield Performance 29Kathie Leighton, John Carberry, Wiktor Serafin, Terranee Avery, and Douglas TempletonCharacterization of Residual Stresses in SiC Based Ceramic Tiles 43Brian Munn, Keyu Li, James Zheng, and Karl MastersMICROSTRUCTURAL DESIGN FOR ENHANCED ARMOR CERAMICSMicrostructural Design for Si-B4C-Diamond System 61P. G. Karandikar and S. WongFabrication of High Volume Fraction SiCp/AI Metal Matrix Composites 71Ryan McCuiston, Sukunthakan Ngernbamrung, Kannigar Dateraksa, Kuljira Sujirote, Jessada Wannasin, and Trinnamet SungkapunDensification and Microstructural Properties of Boron-Carbide in Spark Plasma Sintering 81M. F. Toksoy and R. A. HaberModeling Heat Transfer During Sublimation Growth of Silicon Carbide Single Crystals by Physical Vapor Transport 91J. B. Allen, C. F. Cornwell, N. J. Lee, C. P. Marsh, J. F. Peters, and C. R. WelchDevelopment of Nano Zirconia Toughened Alumina for Ceramic Armor Applications 103S. Huang, J. Binner, B. Vaidhyanathan, P. Brown, C. Hampson and C. SpacieMicrostructure Property Relationship in Cermic Armor Materials 115Douglas M. Slusark and R.A. HaberNONDESTRUCTIVE CHARACTERIZATIONUltrasonic Nondestructive Characterization and its Correlation to Alumina Microstructure 129S. Bottiglieri and R. A. HaberLow Velocity Impact Damage Characterization of Transparent Materials 139Raymond E. Brennan and William H. GreenComparison of Penetration Damage in Novel Mg Specimens via Computed Tomography 151William H. Green and Kyu C. ChoApplication of a Miniaturized Portable Microwave Interference Scanning System for Nondestructive Testing of Composite Ceramic Armor 163K. F. Schmidt, Jr., J. R. Little, Jr., W. A. Ellingson, Lisa Prokurat Franks, Thomas J. Meitzler, and W. GreenStatistical Quantification and Sensitivity Prediction of Phased-Array Ultrasonic Data in Composite Ceramic Armor 173J. S. Steckenrider, T.J. Meitzler, Lisa Prokurat Franks, and W. A. EllingsonUltrasonic Nondestructive Characterization of Oil-Based Clay 185V. DeLucca and R. A. Haber