Preface vii
Introduction ix
ARMOR CERAMICS
A Comparison of Damage in Glass and Ceramic Targets 3
Brady Aydelotte, Phillip Jannotti, Mark Andrews, and Brian Schuster
SPS Sintered Silicon Carbide-Boron Carbide Composites 13
Zeynep Ayguzer Yasar, R. A. Haber, and William Rafaniello
Effect of Al2O3 on the Densification and Microstructure of B4C 21
K. D. Behler, J. C. LaSalvia, E. R. Shanholtz, M. C. Golt, Scott Walck, and K. A. Kuwelkar
Ballistic Testing of Small 3D-Printed Alumina Disks with the Energy Method 31
Erik Carton and Jaap Weerheijm
The Effect of Powder Oxygen Content on the Morphology of Silicon Carbide Densified via Spark Plasma Sintering 39
V. DeLucca and R. A. Haber
Low Temperature Fabrication of Reaction Bonded Boron Carbide Composites Infiltrated with Al-Si Alloys 49
N. Frage, E. Oz, E. Ionash, H. Dilman, and S. Hayun
Chemical Interactions in B4C/WC Powder Mixtures Heated Under Inert and Oxidizing Atmospheres 57
E. R. Shanholtz, J. C. LaSalvia, K. D. Behler, S. D. Walck, A. Giri, and K. Kuwelkar
Simulation of Dwell-to-Penetration Transition for SiC Ceramics Subjected to Impact of Tungsten Long Rods 65
Jianming Yuan, Geoffrey E. B. Tan, and Wei Liang Goh
The First Static and Dynamic Analysis of 3-D Printed Sintered Ceramics for Body Armor Applications 75
Tyrone Jones, Jeffrey J. Swab, and Benjamin Becker
NEXT GENERATION BIOCERAMICS
In Vitro Properties of Ag-Containing Calcium Phosphates 87
Ozkan Gokcekaya, Kyosuke Ueda, Takayuki Narushima, Kouetsu Ogasawara, and Hiroyasu Kanetaka
The Use of Bioceramic Dental Cements-An Overview 95
Leif Hermansson and Jesper Lööf
Combined Effects of Silicate, Calcium and Magnsium Ions on Osteoblast-Like Cell Functions 107
A. Obata, T. Ogasawara, S. Yamada, and T. Kasuga
Bone Regeneration and Angiogenesis in Rat Calvarial Defects Implanted with Strong Porous Bioactive Glass (13-93) Scaffolds Doped with Copper or Loaded with BMP2 113
Mohamed N. Rahaman, Yinan Lin, and B. Sonny Bal
Design, Fabrication and Testing of Bioactive Glass Scaffolds for Structural Bone Repair 127
Wei Xiao, Mohsen Asle Zaeem, Mohamed N. Rahaman, and B. Sonny Bal
POROUS CERAMICS
Effect of Membranes in Exhaust Particulate Filtration 139
J. Adler and U. Petasch
Enforcing of Mechanical Properties of Alumina Foams 149
Bodo Zierath, Peter Greil, Martin Stumpf, and Tobias Fey
3D Mapping of Density and Crack Propagation Through Sintering of Catalyst Tablets by X-Ray Tomography 163
H. S. Jacobsen, A. Puig-Molina, N. Dalskov, and H. L. Frandsen
Author Index 171
