Preface.
Introduction.
Impact, Penetration and Material Modeling.
Fragmentation of Ceramics in the Ballistic Environment.
(Dennis E. Grady).
Flow Behavior of GLass at the Tip of a Penetrator. Rheology of
Powder and Porous Media In Modeling of Penetration into Porous
Ceramic. (D.A. Shockey, D. Bergmannshoft, D.R. Curran, and J. W.
Simons).
Computer Modeling of Shock Wave Propagation in Si C-Sample.
(B.A. Galonov, V.V. Kartuzov, and S.M. Ivanov).
Ballistic IMpact Damage Observations in a Hot-pressed Boron
Carbide. (V.L. Bekenev, V.V. Kartuzov, E.V. Kartuzov, and H.V.
Hachataian).
Characterization of Mictrostructural Damgae in Silicon Carbide
Processed via Modified Chemical Vapor Deposition. (J.C.
La Salvia, R.B. Leavy, J.R. Houskamp, H.T. Miller, D.E. Mac Kenzie,
and J. Campbell).
Material Concepts, Processes and Characterization.
Effects of Grain Size, Shape and Second Phases on Properties of
Sintered Si C. (H.T. Miller, J.C. La Salvia, R.B. Leavy, and
D.E. Mac Kenzie).
Indenter Elastic Modulus and Hertzian Ring Crack Iniation.
(K.T. Strong, Jr., A.A. Wereszezak, and W.L. Dalez, and O. M.
Jadaan).
High Frequency Ultrasound of Alumina for High Strain-Rate
Applications. (S. Bottiglieri and R.A. Haber).
The effect of Particle Size, Particle Loading and Thermal
Processing Conditions on the Properties of Alumina Reinforced
Aluminum Metal Matrix Composites. (Allyn L. Mc Cormick, Michael
K. Aghajanian, Andrew L. Marshall).
Pressureless Sintering of B4C-Si C Composites for Armor
Applications. (Rosa Marla da Rocha, Francisco C. L. de
Melo).
Applications of NDE.
A Portable Microwave Interference Scanning System for
Nondestructive Testing of Multi-Layered Diclectric Materials.
(K.F. Schmidt, Jr., J.R. Little, Jr., W.A. Ellingson, and
W.Green).
Destructive Testing and Nondestructive Evaluation of Alumina
Structural Ceramics. (Raymond E. Brennan, William H. Green,
James M. Sands).
Nondestructive Evaluation of as Fabricated and Damged
Encapsulated Ceramics. (William H. Green, Raymond Brennan, and
Robert H. Carter).
Microstructural Study of Sintered Si C via High Fequency
Ultrasound Spectroscopy. (A.R. Portune and R.A. Haber).
Impact Damage Analysis in a Level III Flexible Body Armor Vest
using XCT Diagnostics. (Joe Wells. Nevin Rupert, and Murray
Neal).
Transparent Armor.
Impact onto Glass and Glass Ceramic Bars. (Stephan Bless,
John Tolman, Scott Levinson, and Ian Polyzois).
Numerical Study of the Effect of Surface Stresses of Transparent
Ceramics of Laminated Targets for Military Armor Applications.
(Costas G. Fountzoulas, James M. Sands, Gary Gilda, Parimal J.
Patel).
Analyses of Various Damage Mechanisms in Transparent Armor
Subject to Projectile Impact. (Kevin C. Lai, Xin Sun, and
Douglas W. Templeton).
Pressureless Reaction of Sintering of AION Using Aluminum
Orthophospage as a Transient Liquid Phase. (Michael Bakas, Henry
Chu).
Alon Transparent Armor. (Lee M. Goldman, Robyn Foti, Mark
Smith, Uday Kashalikar, and Suri Sastri).
Author Index.

Jeffrey J. Swab is the editor of Advances in Ceramic Armor V, Volume 30, Issue 5, published by Wiley. Dileep Singh is the editor of Advances in Ceramic Armor V, Volume 30, Issue 5, published by Wiley.