Effect of room-temperature hardness and toughness on the ballistic performance of SiC-based ceramics

Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 131-142

  Ray, Darin ^a   Marc Flinders, R ^a   Anderson, Angela ^a   Cutler, Raymond A ^a   Rafaniello, William ^b  

^a CERAMATEC INC   (United States)

^b Consultant ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC TARGETS; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

BENDING STRENGTH; CERAMIC MATERIALS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HARDNESS; SILICON CARBIDE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

BALLISTICS;

EID: 32044439879     PISSN: 01966219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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