Advances in Ceramic Armor VII: Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- HIGH-RATE REAL-TIME CHARACTERIZATION -- The Influence of Temperature and Confinement Pressure on the Dynamic Response of Damaged Borosilicate Glass -- The Strain-Rate Dependence of the Hardness of AIN Doped SiC -- Static and Dynamic Indentation Response of Ion-Armor™ Glass -- MANUFACTURING -- Transparent Armor for the New Standard in Battlefield Performance -- Characterization of Residual Stresses in SiC Based Ceramic Tiles -- MICROSTRUCTURAL DESIGN FOR ENHANCED ARMOR CERAMICS -- Microstructural Design for Si-B4C-Diamond System -- Fabrication of High Volume Fraction SiCp/AI Metal Matrix Composites -- Densification and Microstructural Properties of Boron-Carbide in Spark Plasma Sintering -- Modeling Heat Transfer During Sublimation Growth of Silicon Carbide Single Crystals by Physical Vapor Transport -- Development of Nano Zirconia Toughened Alumina for Ceramic Armor Applications -- Microstructure Property Relationship in Cermic Armor Materials -- NONDESTRUCTIVE CHARACTERIZATION -- Ultrasonic Nondestructive Characterization and its Correlation to Alumina Microstructure -- Low Velocity Impact Damage Characterization of Transparent Materials -- Comparison of Penetration Damage in Novel Mg Specimens via Computed Tomography -- Application of a Miniaturized Portable Microwave Interference Scanning System for Nondestructive Testing of Composite Ceramic Armor -- Statistical Quantification and Sensitivity Prediction of Phased-Array Ultrasonic Data in Composite Ceramic Armor -- Ultrasonic Nondestructive Characterization of Oil-Based Clay -- PHENOMENOLOGY AND MECHANICS OF CERAMICS SUBJECTED TO BALLISTIC IMPACT -- 2011 Overview of the Development of Ceramic Armor Technology: Past, Present and the Future.

Impact Strength of Glass for Armor Applications -- Measurement of Deformation in Alumina Samples Indented at High Strain Rates -- Mesoscale Modeling of Dynamic Failure of Ceramic Polycrystals -- Multi-Scale Computational Investigations of SiC/B4C Interfaces -- Simulation of the Ballistic Impact of Tungsten-Based Penetrators on Confined Hot-Pressed Boron Carbide Targets -- Author Index.