Professor Ian Horsfall
Head of Impact and Armour Group
Location: Bashforth Labs
E: i.horsfall@cranfield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0) 1793 785389
Department of Engineering and Applied Science
Current activities
Professor Ian Horsfall is the head of the Impact and Armour Group and the academic leader for survivability within the college. His activities are focused on terminal ballistics, damage tolerance of protective systems and key aspects of human injury biomechanics. His PhD on stab resistant body armour led to the development of UK and international standards for police body armour with testing to these standards being carried out at the college.
More recently his activities have been centred on military survivability with particular emphasis on the protection of personnel and vehicles against IEDs. He has maintained and active interest in high strain rate and impact properties of materials which relate to both military and civilian applications.
Primary expertise
- Survivability technology
- Impact response of materials and structures
- Survivability education
- Test and evaluation
Related experience
- Integration and tradeoffs in platform design
- High rate fracture mechanics
- Evaluation of human response to impact, ballistic and blast threats
Selected publications
Selected publications
1) Microstructure Simulation and Ballistic Behaviour of Weld Zones in Friction Stir Welds in High Strength Aluminium 7xxx Plate, A. Sullivan, C. Derry, J.D. Robson, I. Horsfall, P.B. Prangnell, Materials Science and Engineering: A, 528, 9, 2011
2) Comparing the human factors of neck collars in different military body armour system, J. Breeze, C.H. Watson I. Horsfall, J. Clasper, British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery , 49, June 2011.
3) Security of Bolted Joints during Explosive Loading, I. Horsfall, B. Hansen, D. Carr, International Journal of Vehicle Structures & Systems, Vol 3, No 2, April 2011
4) The effect of low angle yaw on the armour penetration of light armour piercing projectiles, C.H. Watson, L. Bates, I. Horsfall, J. Battlefield Tech 13, (3), Nov 2010
5) The development of a quantitative flexibility test for body armour and comparison with wearer trials, I.Horsfall, S.M.Champion, C.H.Watson, Applied Ergonomics, 36, (3) , 2005.
