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 …

[HTML][HTML] Recent progress on impact induced reaction mechanism of reactive alloys

Y Yang, C Wang, Y Meng, Y Ma, L Guo, Y He, Z Sun… - Defence …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, in order to improve the destructive effectiveness of munitions, the use of new
types of destructive elements is an important way to improve destructive effectiveness. As a …

An experimental study on the strain-rate-dependent compressive and tensile response of an alumina ceramic

M Ji, H Li, J Zheng, S Yang, Z Zaiemyekeh… - Ceramics …, 2022 - Elsevier
This research article studied the strain-rate-dependent mechanical response of a CeramTec
Alotec 98% alumina ceramic under uniaxial compression and indirect tension loadings …

[HTML][HTML] A novel fractal-statistical scaling model of rocks considering strain rate

C Zhou, H Xie, Z Wang, T Zhou, J Zhu - Journal of Rock Mechanics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The scaling-dependent behaviors of rocks are significant to the stability and safe operation
of the structures built in or on rock masses for practical engineering. Currently, many size …

The effects of defects on the uniaxial compressive strength and failure of an advanced ceramic

JD Hogan, L Farbaniec, T Sano, M Shaeffer… - Acta Materialia, 2016 - Elsevier
This study investigates the effects of the processing-induced defect population on the
dynamic compressive strength and failure of a hot-pressed boron carbide. Quantitative …

Multi-scale defect interactions in high-rate brittle material failure. Part I: Model formulation and application to ALON

AL Tonge, KT Ramesh - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2016 - Elsevier
Within this two part series we develop a new material model for ceramic protection materials
to provide an interface between microstructural parameters and bulk continuum behavior to …

Microstructural and mechanical characterization of variability in porous advanced ceramics using X-ray computed tomography and digital image correlation

C Lo, T Sano, JD Hogan - Materials Characterization, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper explores microstructural and mechanical variability in porous ceramics,
combining advanced X-ray computed tomography (XCT) and digital image correlation (DIC) …

Influence of microstructure on the impact failure of alumina

BML Koch, P Jannotti, D Mallick, B Schuster… - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, we detail a study involving the characterization of two grades of alumina
(CoorsTek Engineered Ceramics AD-85 and AD-995) and subsequent impact experiments …

Failure mechanisms of ceramics under quasi-static and dynamic loads: Overview

S Bavdekar, G Subhash - Handbook of damage mechanics: nano to macro …, 2022 - Springer
In the last few decades, a variety of brittle materials (ceramics and glasses) have found new
applications in the armor, nuclear and semiconductor, and energy storage industries …

A micromechanics based model to predict micro-crack coalescence in brittle materials under dynamic compression

F Huq, J Liu, AL Tonge, L Graham-Brady - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2019 - Elsevier
Dynamic compressive failure of brittle materials follows a progression from micro-cracks
initiating and growing at pre-existing material defects or flaws, to micro-crack coalescence …