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English | ISBN: 1581603061 | 2002 | 168 pages | PDF | 8 MB
Picture yourself in a full set of shining mail armor at your next reenactment, fair or costume party. And the best part is that you can say you made it yourself. The Art of Mail Armor shows you how to start with a piece of wire and end with a finished garment that costs a fraction of what it would ready-made and fits perfectly because it was custom made just for you. The book features seven original patterns from the author and step-by-step diagrams and instructions for attractive coifs (head coverings), hauberks (shirts), gauntlets, (gloves) and bishop’s collars, as well as juggling balls, necklaces, belts, crosses and other jewelry. Find out how easy it is to assemble your tool kit and materials; acquire the best wire for specific items; measure for a perfect fit; join, enlarge, round, angle and fit sleeves; and incorporate decorative trimmings and inlays to make your designs truly unique. Also learn some quick and easy tricks for keeping your pieces clean and shiny – with no scrubbing or expensive commercial cleaners. Whether you are a Renaissance or medieval enthusiast, reenactor, historian, martial artist, jewelry designer or just someone with an interest in armor, you’ll want to add this book to your library. Even experienced mail makers will find new ideas and techniques.

Free Download Advances in Ceramic Armor IV: Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, Volume 29, Issue 6 By Tatsuki Ohji, Andrew Wereszczak(eds.)
2009 | 225 Pages | ISBN: 0470344970 | PDF | 9 MB
This volume provides a one-stop resource, compiling current research on ceramic armor and addressing the challenges facing armor manufacturers. It is a collection of papers from The American Ceramic Society s 32nd International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, January 27-February 1, 2008. Topics include novel materials concepts for both vehicle and body armors, transparent ceramics for impact resistance, and more. This is a valuable, up-to-date resource for researchers in industry, government, or academia who are working with ceramic armor.Content: Chapter 1 Mesomechanical Constitutive Relations for Glass and Ceramic Armor (pages 1-13): D. R. Curran, D. A. Shockey and J. W. SimonsChapter 2 Optimizing Transparent Armor Design Subject to Projectile Impact Conditions (pages 15-22): Xin Sun, Kevin C. Lai, Tara Gorsich and Douglas W. TempletonChapter 3 Physics of Glass Failure During Rod Penetration (pages 23-32): D. A. Shockey, D. Bergmannshoff, D. R. Curran and J. W. SimonsChapter 4 Adhesive Bond Evaluation in Laminated Safety Glass Using Guided Wave Attenuation Measurements (pages 33-44): S. Hou and H. ReisChapter 5 Applying Modeling Tools to Predict Performance of Transparent Ceramic Laminate Armors (pages 45-53): C.G. Fountzoulas, J.M. Sands, G.A. Gilde and P.J. PatelChapter 6 An Economic Comparison of Hot Pressing vs. Pressureless Sintering for Transparent Spinel Armor (pages 55-62): A. LaRoche, K. Rozenburg, J. Voyles, L. Fehrenbacher and Gary GildeChapter 7 Advances in Ballistic Performance of Commercially Available Saint?Gobain Sapphire Transparent Armor Composites (pages 63-74): Christopher D. Jones, Jeffrey B. Rioux, John W. Locher, Vincent Pluen and Matthias MandelartzChapter 8 Defect Free Spinel Ceramics of High Strength and High Transparency (pages 75-85): Juan L. Sepulveda, Raouf O. Loutfy and Sekyung ChangChapter 9 Recent Results on the Fundamental Performance of a Hot?Pressed Silicon Carbide Impacted by Sub?Scale Long?Rod Penetrators (pages 87-97): Jerry C. LaSalvia, Brian Leavy, Herbert T. Miller, Joshua R. Houskamp and Ryan C. McCuistonChapter 10 Instrumented Hertzian Indentation Study of Two Commerical Silicon Carbides (pages 99-105): H.T. Miller, R.C. McCuiston and J.C. LaSalviaChapter 11 Apparent Yield Strength of Hot?Pressed SiCs (pages 107-118): W. L. Daloz, A. A. Wereszczak and O. M. JadaanChapter 12 Microstructural Examination and Quasi?Static Property Determination of Sintered Armor Grade SiC (pages 119-127): Memduh V. Demirbas, Richard A. Haber and Raymond E. BrennanChapter 13 Quantitative Characterization of Localized Amplitude Variations in Silicon Carbide Ceramics Using Ultrasound C?Scan Imaging (pages 129-139): Raymond Brennan, James McCauley, Richard Haber and Dale NieszChapter 14 Grain Boundary Engineering of Silicon Carbide by Means of Coprecipitation (pages 141-152): Steven Mercurio, Mihaela Jitianu and Richard A. HaberChapter 15 The Possible Roles of Stoichiometry, Microstructure, and Defects on the Mechanical Behavior of Boron Carbide (pages 153-162): Ryan McCuiston, Jerry LaSalvia, James McCauley and William MayoChapter 16 A Review of Ceramics for Armor Applications (pages 163-175): P. G. Karandikar, G. Evans, S. Wong, M. K. Aghajanian and M. SennettChapter 17 A Portable Microwave Scanning Technique for Nondestructive Testing of Multilayered Dielectric Materials (pages 177-189): Karl Schmidt, Jack Little and William A. EllingsonChapter 18 Ballistic Damage Assessment of a Thin Compound Curved B4C Ceramic Plate Using XCT (pages 191-197): J.M. Wells and N.L. RupertChapter 19 Evaluation of Ballistically?Induced Damage in Ceramic Targets by X?ray Computed Tomography (pages 199-210): William H. Green, Herbert T. Miller, Jerry C. LaSalvia, Datta P. Dandekar and Daniel CasemChapter 20 Automated Non?Destructive Evaluation System for Hard Armor Protective Inserts of Body Armor (pages 211-218): Nicholas Haynes, Karl Masters, Chris Perritt, David Simmons, Dr. James Zheng and Dr. James E. YoungbergChapter 21 Analysis of Hardness Indentation Size Effect (ISE) Curves in Ceramics: A New Approach to Determine Plasticity (pages 219-227): Trevor E. Wilantewicz and James W. McCauley

Free Download Advances in Ceramic Armor III: Ceramic and Engineering Science Proceedings, Volume 28, Issue 5 By
2007 | 219 Pages | ISBN: 047019636X | PDF | 14 MB
Papers from The American Ceramic Society’s 31st International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, held in Daytona Beach, Florida, January 21-26, 2007. Topics include transparent ceramics for impact resistance, protection against mine blast and fragments, challenges facing ceramic armor manufacturers, novel material concepts and development of valid armor design and characterization tools to predict performance for air and ground vehicles as well as the individual soldier.Content:

Free Download Advances in Ceramic Armor II: Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, Volume 27, Issue 7 By
2006 | 258 Pages | ISBN: 0470080574 | PDF | 24 MB
These proceedings contain current research from industry, academia and government organizations, working on opaque and transparent ceramic armor. Papers on novel materials concepts for both vehicle and body armors are included, as well as papers that explore the relationship between computational modeling and property testing. These papers were presented at the Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, January 22-27, 2006, Cocoa Beach, Florida. Organized and sponsored by The American Ceramic Society and The American Ceramic Society’s Engineering Ceramics Division in conjunction with the Nuclear and Environmental Technology Division.Content: Chapter 1 A Review of Computational Ceramic Armor Modeling (pages 1-18): Charles E. AndersonChapter 2 Biomorphic Sisic?Materials for Lightweight Armour (pages 20-31): Bernhard Heidenreich, Michaela Gahr, Dr. Ing. Ekkehard Lutz and Elmar Stra?urgerChapter 3 Evaluation of SiC Armor Tile Using Ultrasonic Techniques (pages 33-41): J. Scott Steckenrider, William A. Ellingson, Rachel Lipanovich, Jeffrey Wheeler and Chris DeemerChapter 4 Spherical Indentation of SiC (pages 43-57): A. A. Wereszczak and K. E. JohannsChapter 5 Damage Modes Correlated to the Dynamic Response of SiC?N (pages 59-68): H. Luo and W. ChenChapter 6 Grain Boundary Chemistry of SiC?Based Armor (pages 69-84): Edgardo Pabit, Kerry Siebein, Darryl P. Butt, Helge Heinrich, Darin Ray, Sarbjit Kaur, R. Marc Flinders and Raymond A. CutlerChapter 7 Effect of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties on the Ballistic Performance of SiC?Based Ceramics (pages 85-96): Darin Ray, R. Marc Flinders, Angela Anderson, Raymond A. Cutler, James Campbell and Jane W. AdamsChapter 7 Addition of Excess Carbon to SiC to Study its Effect on Silicon Carbide (SiC) Armor (pages 97-103): Chris Ziccardi and Richard HaberChapter 9 Analysis of Time?Resolved Penetration of Long Rods into Glass Targets-II (pages 106-118): Charles E. Anderson, I. Sidney Chocron and Carl E. WeissChapter 10 Response and Characterization of Confined Borosilicate Glass: Intact and Damaged (pages 119-130): Kathryn A. Dannemann, Arthur E. Nicholls, Charles E. Anderson, Sidney Chocron and James D. WalkerChapter 12 Constitutive Model for Damaged Borosilicate Glass (pages 131-142): Sidney Chocron, James D. Walker, Arthur E. Nichoils, Charles E. Anderson and Kathryn A. DannemannChapter 12 Reaction Sintered LiAlON (pages 143-154): Raymond A. Cutler and R. Marc FlindersChapter 13 Large Area EFG™ Sapphire for Transparent Armor (pages 155-163): Christopher D. Jones, Jeffrey B. Rioux, John W. Locher, Herbert E. Bates, Steven A. Zanella, Vincent Pluen and Mattias MandelartzChapter 14 Relationship of Microstructure and Hardness for A12O3 Armor Materials (pages 166-178): Memduh Volkan Demirbas and Richard A. HaberChapter 15 Root Causes of the Performance of Boron Carbide Under Stress (pages 179-188): Giovanni Fanchini, Dale E. Niesz, Richard A. Haber, James W. McCauley and Manish ChhowallaChapter 16 Analysis of Texture in Controlled Shear Processed Boron Carbide (pages 189-195): D. Maiorano, R. Haber and G. FanchiniChapter 17 Progress in the Nondestructive Analysis of Impact Damage in TiB2 Armor Ceramics (pages 198-209): Joseph M. WellsChapter 18 Elastic Property Determination of WC Spheres and Estimation of Compressive Loads and Impact Velocities that Initiate their Yielding and Cracking (pages 211-223): A. A. WereszczakChapter 19 On the Role of Impact Damage in Armor Ceramic Performance (pages 225-236): Joseph M. WellsChapter 20 The Indentation Size Effect (ISE) for Knoop Hardness in Five Ceramic Materials (pages 237-249): Trevor Wilantewicz, W. Roger Cannon and George QuinnChapter 21 Influence of Microstructure on the Indentation?Induced Damage in Silicon Carbide (pages 251-259): Jeffrey J. Swab, Andrew A. Wereszczak, Justin Pritchett and Kurt Johanns

Free Download Advances in Ceramic Armor: A Collection of Papers Presented at the 29th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, January 23-28, 2005, Cocoa Beach, Florida, Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, Volume 26, Number 7 By
2006 | 298 Pages | ISBN: 1574982370 | PDF | 10 MB
Contains over 30 papers on the development and incorporation of ceramic materials for armor applications. Topics include impact and penetration modeling, dynamic and static testing to predict performance, damage characterization, non-destructive evaluation and novel material concepts.Content: Chapter 1 Some Observations on the Strength of Failed Ceramic (pages 3-10): Gordon R. Johnson and Timothy J. HolmquistChapter 2 Modeling Dynamically Impacted Ceramic Material Experiments (pages 11-18): B. Leavy, B. Rickter and Dr. M. J. NormandiaChapter 3 Modeling Spherical Indentation Experiments onto Silicon Carbide (pages 19-26): Timothy HolmquistChapter 4 Analysis of Time?Resolved Penetration of Long Rods into Glass Targets (pages 27-34): Charles E. Anderson, I. Sidney Chocron and James D. WalkerChapter 5 A Constitutive Model for Damaged and Powder Silicon Carbide (pages 35-42): Sidney Chocron, Kathryn A. Dannemann, Arthur E. Nicholls, James D. Walker and Charles E. AndersonChapter 6 Designs and Simulations of Ballistic?Resistant Metal/Ceramic Sandwich Structures (pages 43-50): Yueming Liang, R. M. Mcmeeking and A. G. EvansChapter 7 Considerations on Incorporating XCT into Predictive Modeling of Impact Damage in Armor Ceramics (pages 51-58): Joseph M. WellsChapter 8 Failure wave Propagation in Brittle Substances (pages 59-66): M. A. Grinfeld, S. E. Schoenfeld and T. W. WrightChapter 9 Fabrication and Simulation of Random and Periodic Macrostructures (pages 67-74): R. McCuiston, E. Azriel, R. Sadangi, S. Danforth, R. Haber, D. Niesz and J. MolinariChapter 10 The Correlation of Microstructural and Mechanical Characteristics of Silicon Carbide with Ballistic Performance (pages 76-88): Ian PickupChapter 11 High Strain Rate Compression Testing of Ceramics and Ceramic Composites (pages 89-96): William R. BlumenthalChapter 12 Recent Advancements in Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar (SHPB) Technique for Small Strain Measurements (pages 97-107): Bazle A. Gama, Sergey L. Lopatnikov and John W. GillespieChapter 13 Compression Testing and Response of SiC?N Ceramics: Intact, Damaged and Powder (pages 109-116): Kathryn A. Dannemann, Arthur E. Nicholls, Sidney Chocron, James D. Walker and Charles E. AndersonChapter 14 Damage Effects on the Dynamic Response of Hot?Pressed SiC?N (pages 117-122): H. Luo and W. ChenChapter 15 Effects of Porosity Distribution on the Dynamic Behavior of SiC (pages 123-130): Samuel R. Martin and Min ZhouChapter 16 Effect of Room?Temperature Hardness and Toughness on the Ballistic Performance of SiC?Based Ceramics (pages 131-142): Darin Ray, R. Marc Flinders, Angela Anderson, Raymond A. Cutler and William RafanielloChapter 17 The Penetration of Armour Piercing Projectiles Through Reaction Bonded Ceramics (pages 143-150): P J Hazell, S E Donoghue, C J Roberson and P L GottsChapter 18 The Effective Hardness of Hot Pressed Boron Carbide with Increasing Shock Stress (pages 151-159): C J Roberson, P J Hazell, P L Gotts, Im Pickup and R MorrellChapter 19 Hardness and Hardness Determination in Silicon Carbide Materials (pages 161-168): Andreas Rendtel, Brigitte Moessner and Karl A. SchwetzChapter 20 Sphere Impact Induced Damage in Ceramics: I. Armor?Grade SiC and TiB2 (pages 170-181): J. C. LaSalvia, M. J. Normandia, H. T. Miller and D. E. MackenzieChapter 21 Sphere Impact Induced Damage in Ceramics: II. Armor?Grade B4C and WC (pages 183-192): J. C. LaSalvia, M. J. Normandia, H. T. Miller and D. E. MacKenzieChapter 22 Sphere Impact Induced Damage in Ceramics: III. Analysis (pages 193-202): J. C. LaSalvia, M. J. Normandia, D. E. MacKenzie and H. T. MillerChapter 23 A Comparison of Ceramic Materials Dynamically Impacted by Tungsten Carbide Spheres (pages 203-212): M. J. Normandia, S. R. Martin, D. E. Mackenzie and B. A. RickterChapter 24 Ultrasonic Techniques for Evaluation of SiC Armor Tile (pages 214-222): J. Scott and William A. EllingsonChapter 25 Non?Destructive Evaluation (NDE) of Ceramic Armor: Fundamentals (pages 223-230): Raymond Brennan, Richard Haber, Dale Niesz, James McCauley and Mahesh BhardwajChapter 26 Non?Destructive Evaluation (NDE) of Ceramic Armor: Testing (pages 231-238): Raymond Brennan, Richard Haber, Dale Niesz and James McCauleyChapter 27 On Non?Destructive Evaluation Techniques for Ballistic Impact Damage in Armor Ceramics (pages 239-248): Joseph M. WellsChapter 28 Static and Dynamic Fracture Behavior of Layered Alumina Ceramics (pages 250-255): Zeming He, J. Ma, Hongzhi Wang, G. E. B. Tan, Dongwei Shu and Jian ZhengChapter 29 Processing and Ballistic Performance of Al2O3TiB2 Composites (pages 257-262): G. A. Gilde and J. W. AdamsChapter 30 Tactical Vehicle Armor Systems that Utilize Large, Complex?Shaped Reaction Bonded Ceramic Tiles (pages 263-270): M. K. Aghajanian, B. E. Schultz, K. Kremer, T. R. Holmes, F. S. Lyons and J. MearsChapter 31 Means of Using Advance Processing to Eliminate Anomalous Defects on SiC Armor (pages 271-277): Chris Ziccardi, Volkan Demirbas, Richard Haber, Dale Niesz and J. McCauleyChapter 32 Ballistic Properties of Pressureless Sintered SiC/TiB2 Composites (pages 279-286): Henry Chu, T. M. Lillo, B. Merkle, D. W. Bailey and M. HarrisonChapter 33 Improved Ballistic Performance by Using a Polymer Matrix Composite Facing on Boron Carbide Armor Tiles (pages 287-292): S. D. Nunn, J. G. R. Hansen, B. J. Frame and R. A. LowdenChapter 34 Analysis of Scattering Sites in Transparent Magnesium Aluminate Spinel (pages 293-298): Guillermo Villalobos, Jasbinder S. Sanghera, Ishwar D. Aggarwal and Robert Miklos

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2006 | 190 Pages | ISBN: 1574982060 | PDF | 10 MB
This volume includes the latest achievements in the area of ceramic armor systems including ceramic armor design and modeling, ceramic armor materials and composites development and manufacturing, physical properties and structures of armor ceramics, fracture mechanisms of armor ceramics and composites, and ballistic testing and performance of ceramic armor systems.Content:

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2006 | 155 Pages | ISBN: 1574982486 | PDF | 9 MB
Contains papers on the development and incorporation of ceramic materials for armor applications. Topics include impact and penetration modeling, dynamic and static testing to predict performance, damage characterization, non-destructive evaluation and novel material concepts.Content:

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English | April 25th, 2024 | ISBN: 1472859448 | 48 pages | True EPUB | 13.72 MB
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Zenith Press | 2006 | ISBN: 0760323291 | English | 136 pages | PDF | 121.81 MB
The United States went from almost no armored force to a world-class operation in fewer years than a man could count on the fingers of one hand. This is the story of the armored battalions’ equipment, which was designed with incredible ingenuity and produced with unparalleled speed. It is also the story of the valorous Americans who rode the tanks into combat onthe battlefields of World War II.

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