Selected Papers - Ceramics

• The effect of thin membrane restraint on the ballistic performance of armor grade ceramic tiles, Sai Sarva, Sia Nemat-Nasser, Jeffrey McGee, Jon Isaacs, International Journal of Impact Engineering, Vol. 34 [277-302] 2007
• Micro-mechanisms of Compression Failure, S. Nemat-Nasser and S. Sarva, to appear in Proceedings of PACRIM IV, May 2001, Maui Hawaii.
• Novel Ideas in Multi-functional Ceramic Armor Design, S. Nemat-Nasser, S. Sarva, J.B. Isaacs and D.W. Lischer, to appear in Proceedings of PACRIM IV, May 2001, Maui Hawaii.
• Dynamic Compressive Strength of Silicon Carbide under Uniaxial Compression, S. Sarva and S. Nemat-Nasser, Mat. Sci. and Engr. A, Vol. 317 [1-2] 2001.
• Microstructure of a Bearing-Grade Silicon Nitride, M. Liu and S. Nemat-Nasser, J. Mater. Res., Vol. 14 [12] 1999.
• The Microstructure and Boundary Phase of In-Situ Reinforced Silicon Nitride, M. Liu and S. Nemat-Nasser, Mat. Sci. and Engr. A, Vol. 254 1998.
• Modeling the Strain Rate Dependence of Fatigue Life of Hot-Pressed Silicon Nitride, V. Sharma, S. Nemat-Nasser and K.S. Vecchio, Mech. Mat., Vol. 29 [3 & 4] 1998.
• Effect of Grain Boundary Phase on Dynamic Compression Fatigue in Hot-Pressed Silicon Nitride, V. Sharma, S. Nemat-Nasser, and K.S. Vecchio, J. Am. Ceram. Soc., Vol. 81 [1] 1998.
• Effects of geometry in pressure–shear and normal plate impact recovery experiments: Three-dimensional finite-element simulation and experimental observation, Ashok R. Machcha & Sia Nemat-Nasser, J. App. Phys.., Vol. 80 [6] 1996.