Dynamic Brazilian Test for Mechanical Characterization of Ceramic Ballistic Protection

Table 1

Experimental results for Brazilian tests on alumina (Corbit98).

Type of test	Specimen ID	(MPa)	(MPa) ± std (MPa)	Loading rate  (MPa/s)
Static	1	204.9	240.7 ± 68.6	5
	2	241.8		5
	3	291.1		5
	4	327.4		5
	5	303.0		5
	16	166.1		5
	17	269.2		5
	18	302.9		5
	20	135.4		5
	21	164.7		5
Dynamic	9	411.1	341.5 ± 56.1
	10	366.8
	11	303.9
	12	351.8
	13	421.7
	14	297.6
	15	264.6
	17	314.0