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Armour: Materials, Theory,
and Design
Paul J. Hazell
The book deals with several topics of armour protection.

Author Paul J. Hazell is a Professor of Impact Dynamics
at UNSW Australia. He has professional experience from CRC Press
Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra. Prior to
this, he had worked for Cranfield University at 395 pages
Shrivenham, UK. His main research interests are in the
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subjects of shock loading, penetration mechanics and ISBN 9781482238297
lightweight armour optimisation.
Main topics of Armour: Materials, Theory, and eBook:
Design are materials and structures for protection against ISBN 9781482238303
blast and ballistic threat. This book explains the theory,
applications, and material science aspects of modern Date of Publication:
armour design as they are used in relation to vehicles, July 2015
ships, personnel, and buildings, and explores the science
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and technology used to provide protection against blasts
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and ballistic attacks. It covers materials technologies used
in protection, addresses the system effects of adding Subject:
blast-wave shaping to vehicles, as well as the effect on Materials engineering
the human body, and outlines ballistic testing Armour systems
techniques.
This book examines different areas of the advanced
threat and armour protection in the light of new
development and gives a lot of examples of the increases
in performance possible to expect.
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The book covers following fields:

Introduction. Survivability, Basic Concepts, the Disposition of Armour, Early
Applications, Empirical Models of Penetration.
Materials. Structure of Materials, Stress and Strain, Elasticity, Strength, Hardness,
Dynamic Behaviour of Materials, Material Testing.
Threat: Bullets, Blast, Jets and Fragments. Small-Arms Ammunition, Higher-Calibre
KE Rounds, Explosive Materials, Shaped-Charge, Explosively Formed Projectiles,
High-Explosive Squash Head, Fragments.
Penetration Mechanics. Failure Mechanisms, Penetration Analysis, Hydrodynamic
Penetration, Computational Approaches.
Stress Waves. Elastic and Inelastic Waves, Shock Waves, Rankine-Hugoniot Equations.
Metallic Armour Materials and Structures. Properties and Processing, Materials,
Sandwich Structures.
Ceramic Armour. Structure of Armour Ceramics, Processing of Ceramics, Properties of
Ceramic, Early Studies on Ceramic Armour, Cone Formation, High-Velocity Impact,
Dwell, Shock Studies in Ceramic Materials, Modelling Ceramic Impact, Current
Application and Challenges, Comparing with Other Materials, Improving Performance,
Transparent Armour Materials.
Woven Fabrics and Composite Laminates for Armour Applications. Manufacturing
Processes of Composite Laminates, Fibrous Materials, Spall Shields, Sandwich
Constructions.
Reactive Armour Systems. Explosive-Reactive Armour, Bulging Armour, Electric and
Electromagnetic Developments.
Active Armour Systems. Hard-Kill DASs against SC Warheads and Long-Rod
Penetrators.
Human Vulnerability. Human Response to Ballistic Loading, Human Response to
Blast Loading, Limiting Blast Mine Injury to Vehicle Occupants.
Blast and Ballistic Testing Techniques. Ballistic Testing Techniques, Blast and
Fragmentation Testing.
The book describes the existing and emerging protection technologies that are
currently driving the latest advances in armour systems.
One of the most important aspects of current and future armour development is the
improvement of the materials which are the basic constituents of armour system.
Improved materials and their combination are indispensable to achieve armour systems
which are affordable and resilient, besides being lightweight. The book gives an
overview of materials relevant to armour.
This book contains information obtained from authentic and highly regarded
sources. Reasonable efforts have been made to publish reliable data and information. In
addition, the author lists more than 100 references for advanced study and further
reading.
The unique book is a great contribution for the armour community, as well as for
students and military public.
Stanislav Rolc

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