Impact and Armour Group
Areas of Impact Related Activity
Body Armour Systems
- Failure mechanisms for fibre composite armours
- Fragment testing methods (spheres, V0 etc.)
- CRISAT target
- Ceramic faced armour optimisation
- Systems approach to armour design
- Stab protection
- Body armour testing
Lightweight Vehicle Armours
- Spaced armour systems
- Appliqué armours
- Light armour systems and materials
Structural Protection
- Protection against small arms fire using concrete and soils
- Transparent armours
- Blast protection
Modelling of Armour Penetration
- AUTODYN hydrocode modelling
- Ceramic armour damage model
- Analytical model to optimise ceramic faced armours
- Penetration mechanics of sharp projectiles
Impact Response of Materials and Structures
- High strain rate material properties
- Impact damage to composites
- Comminuted material behaviour
Weapons Systems
- Hypervelocity impact
- Segmented Rod Projectiles
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Contact us
Professor Ian Horsfall
Tel: +44 (0) 1793 785389
Fax: +44 (0) 1793 783192
Email: i.horsfall@cranfield.ac.uk
DESM Groups
Applied Mathematics and Scientific Computing Group
Centre for Defence Acquisition
Centre for Defence Management and Leadership
Centre for Security Sector Management
Centre for Systems Engineering
