Ballistic ceramics and analysis of their mechanical properties for armour applications: A review

AB Dresch, J Venturini, S Arcaro, ORK Montedo… - Ceramics …, 2021 - Elsevier
The most commonly used ballistic ceramics (alumina, silicon carbide, and boron carbide)
are compared via various performance mechanisms in this review. This work aimed to study …

Confinement effects on compressive and ballistic performance of ceramics: a review

R Zhang, B Han, TJ Lu - International Materials Reviews, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Ceramic materials have been extensively used as armour materials for nearly 50 years and
continue to attract great interest in the field of defense technology. As confinement is crucial …

Nanoindentation based properties of Inconel 718 at elevated temperatures: A comparison of conventional versus additively manufactured samples

H Wang, A Dhiman, HE Ostergaard, Y Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, temperature dependent mechanical properties of conventional and additive
manufactured Inconel 718 (IN718) after solution and aging (SA) heat treatment were …

Strain-rate-dependent compressive and compression-shear response of an alumina ceramic

J Zheng, M Ji, Z Zaiemyekeh, H Li, JD Hogan - Journal of the European …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper assessed the microstructure and properties of CeramTec ALOTEC 98 SB
alumina ceramic through microscopic characterization and mechanical experiments. The …

Advanced tensile fracture analysis of alumina ceramics: Integrating hybrid finite-discrete element modeling with experimental insights

J Zheng, H Li, JD Hogan - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2024 - Elsevier
This study offers novel insights into the Mode I tensile response of an alumina ceramic
through the use of computational modeling and the flattened Brazilian disk (FBD) …

Spark plasma sintering of B4C and B4C-TiB2 composites: Deformation and failure mechanisms under quasistatic and dynamic loading

WS Rubink, V Ageh, H Lide, NA Ley, ML Young… - Journal of the European …, 2021 - Elsevier
Spark plasma sintering (SPS) was employed to consolidate powder specimens consisting of
B 4 C and various B 4 C-TiB 2 compositions. SPS allowed for consolidation of pure B 4 C, B …