Impact Mechanics of Ceramic Armor: Dwell and Interface Defeat provides a thorough overview of the impact dynamics of projectiles and targets, crack propagation, and damage evolution of ceramic armor during interface defeat and penetration. The book provides experimental techniques and results of ceramic armor subjected to projectile damage, covers the mechanics of damage of ceramic armor under impact load, and analyzes the failure processes alongside corresponding theoretical models. Constitutive models and material parameters between projectile and target are explained, techniques for optimum ceramic armor design are outlined, and applications of interface defeat in the field of light armor are provided.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Preface - p. ix 7. 1. Overview - p. 1 8. 2. Experimental techniques of dwell/interface defeat of ceramic armor - p. 11 9. 3. Influence of materials, structures, and encounter conditions of projectile and target on dwell/interface defeat - p. 33 10. 4. Investigation of the effect of ceramic target configuration on the dwell/interface defeat - p. 65 11. 5. Damage mechanism of armor ceramics under impact loading - p. 95 12. 6. Analytical model of mechanical response of ceramic with infinite thickness during interface defeat - p. 131 13. 7. Inelastic deformation of ceramic and transfer from dwell/interface defeat to penetration - p. 169 14. 8. Analytical model of interface defeat/penetration transition in multilayered ceramic armor structures - p. 191 15. 9. Numerical simulation method for dwell/ interface defeat effect of ceramic armor - p. 243 16. Chapter 10. Applications of dwell/interface defeat in ceramic composite armor - p. 297 17. Index - p. 323
Impact Mechanics of Ceramic Armor: Dwell and Interface Defeat provides a thorough overview of the impact dynamics of projectiles and targets, crack propagation, and damage evolution of ceramic armor during interface defeat and penetration. The book provides experimental techniques and results of ceramic armor subjected to projectile damage, covers the mechanics of damage of ceramic armor under impact load, and analyzes the failure processes alongside corresponding theoretical models. Constitutive models and material parameters between projectile and target are explained, techniques for optimum ceramic armor design are outlined, and applications of interface defeat in the field of light armor are provided.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Preface - p. ix 7. 1. Overview - p. 1 8. 2. Experimental techniques of dwell/interface defeat of ceramic armor - p. 11 9. 3. Influence of materials, structures, and encounter conditions of projectile and target on dwell/interface defeat - p. 33 10. 4. Investigation of the effect of ceramic target configuration on the dwell/interface defeat - p. 65 11. 5. Damage mechanism of armor ceramics under impact loading - p. 95 12. 6. Analytical model of mechanical response of ceramic with infinite thickness during interface defeat - p. 131 13. 7. Inelastic deformation of ceramic and transfer from dwell/interface defeat to penetration - p. 169 14. 8. Analytical model of interface defeat/penetration transition in multilayered ceramic armor structures - p. 191 15. 9. Numerical simulation method for dwell/ interface defeat effect of ceramic armor - p. 243 16. Chapter 10. Applications of dwell/interface defeat in ceramic composite armor - p. 297 17. Index - p. 323
