Advanced Metals and Ceramics for Armor and Anti-Armor Applications. High-Fidelity Design and Processing of Advanced Armor Ceramics
Abstract
This is the final summary report of a 5-year (2001 2005) collaborative research program on advanced metals and ceramics for armor and anti-armor applications carried out in the U.S. Army Research Laboratory Material Center of Excellence at Rutgers and Johns Hopkins Universities under a cooperative-agreement contractual relationship. The focus of this center is on high-fidelity design and processing of advanced armor ceramics. The overarching goal has been to develop an improved understanding of selected key areas of the materials and processing science of ceramic armor materials. The areas investigated were selected jointly by the participating organizations with significant input from the ceramic armor community through a ceramic armor working group (CAWG) that included over 20 industrial organizations. They were selected as the most relevant, unclassified basic-research areas for improving the scientific understanding of the materials and processing science critical to the ballistic performance of ceramic armor materials. Length scales from the atomic to the macro were included in the investigation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2007
- Accession Number
- ADA469804
Entities
People
- D. E. Niesz
- J. W. Mccauley
Organizations
- Rutgers University–New Brunswick