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The Effect Of High-Pressure Devitrification And Densification On Ballistic-Penetration Resistance Of Fused Silica, Vasudeva Avuthu
The Effect Of High-Pressure Devitrification And Densification On Ballistic-Penetration Resistance Of Fused Silica, Vasudeva Avuthu
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Despite the clear benefits offered by more advanced transparent materials, (e.g. transparent ceramics offer a very attractive combination of high stiffness and high hardness levels, highly-ductile transparent polymers provide superior fragment-containing capabilities, etc.), ballistic ceramic-glass like fused-silica remains an important constituent material in a majority of transparent impact-resistant structures (e.g. windshields and windows of military vehicles, portholes in ships, ground vehicles and spacecraft) used today. Among the main reasons for the wide-scale use of glass, the following three are most frequently cited: (i) glass-structure fabrication technologies enable the production of curved, large surface-area, transparent structures with thickness approaching several inches; …