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D Materials Options for Fuel Efficiency and Protection
Pages 190-194

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From page 190...
... Enabling research to improve the building blocks of a complex armor system will provide armor designers with options for lighter combinations of materials with superior protection and structural properties to use at different locations on the vehicle to meet varying protection requirements. One of the most controversial issues in optimizing system weight is whether and how an AAN combat vehicle should be designed to prevail in direct-f~re duels analogous to "tank-on-tank" warfare.
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From page 191...
... the vehicle to deflect or fracture an ERP projectile. A much ~rotechon system would have to he develoner1 for a 1 S-ton MATERIALS OPTIONS FOR VEHICLE PROTECTION Most of the materials now used for the building blocks in combination armors are based on mature, well characterized, but conventional technologies.
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From page 192...
... For titanium bar products, which might be used in structural members supporting armor plate, the plasma coal hearth process would allow casting closer to final thickness, thereby reducing costs for hot-working the castings. In addition to exploring Tower cost processes, the minimum purity of an alloy that would provide adequate ballistic protection, including resistance to spelling, should be identified.
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From page 193...
... Research on new processing methods will be necessary to reduce the cost of high-performance ceramics of a given composition. According to an armor specialist at the ARL, new ceramic materials suitable for armor applications may either remain undeveloped or fait to make the transition to affordable production unless parallel commercial applications are found (Gooch, 1998~.
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From page 194...
... A critical issue for the production of functionally graded or nanostructured armor materials is that processing technologies must be cost effective and amenable to scaling. Electron beam deposition, laser processing, and venous thermal deposition processes might be further developed to produce finely layered or functionally layered components Tom these matenals.
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