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LWAG 2024 conference

Light-Weight Armour
for Defence & Security

June 10-13, 2024

Rocamadour (France)

Preliminary program

MONDAY, JUNE 10

  • 14:00 – 18:00
    Exhibitors booth setup
  • 18:00 – 22:00
    Registration and welcome reception

TUESDAY, JUNE 11

  • 8:00 – 8:30
    Registration
  • 8:30 – 8:45
    Conference opening and administrative remarks
  • 8:45 – 10:00
    Exhibitors session
  • 10:00 – 10:40
    Coffee break

10:40 - 11:20
Keynote presentation

Senior Captain Marc MALDAGUE, retired from Belgium Army / RMA, Belgium
The wanderings of a ballistician in the world of quality

11:20 - 12:20
Session 1: Dynamic testing and modelling of materials under ballistic impact or blast #1

1.1 Thibault POULET, ISL, France & Germany
Correlating mechanical properties with ballistic performances of UHMWPE composites: a comprehensive analysis
1.2 Pascal FORQUIN, L3SR, France
Design, implementation and validation of shockless plate-impact experiments based on textured flyer-plate. Application to the dynamic testing of armour ceramics
1.3 Jan FALTA, CTU, Czech Republic
Contactless measurement of impact force and projectile velocity using high-speed linear encoders: Application of penetration through lightweight cellular sandwich panel
  • 12:20 – 14:00
    Lunch break

14:00 - 15:40
Session 2: Protection against ballistic impact and blast for soldier, vehicle, aircraft and naval platforms #1

2.1 Ulrich DIEKES, IABG, Germany
Hard-Kill Active Protection Systems for Armoured Vehicles
2.2 Solenn LE MOUROUX, KNDS, France
Hypervelocity impacts on inert multilayer structures: experiments and simulations
2.3 Ana AZEVEDO, RMA, Belgium
Finite element analysis of two different ballistic helmets
2.4 Telmo FERNANDES, TEMA, Portugal
Impact performance enhancement of agglomerated cork layered structures through shear thickening fluid
2.5 Stephen WALLEY, CAVENDISH LAB., UK
A high-speed photographic study of terminal ballistic impact on wood
  • 15:40 – 16:10
    Coffee break

16:10 - 17:30
Session 3: New materials for ballistic protections and blast attenuation

3.1 Madhav UMBHARATWALA, VNIT, India
Experimental Investigation of MWCNT and Graphene Reinforced Cordura® Composite System Against High Velocity Ballistic Impact
3.2 Miguel Ángel RODRÍGUEZ-PÉREZ, CELLMAT, Spain
New Nanocellular Foams for reducing shocks and impacts
3.3 Siddhesh S. RAUT, VNIT, India
Harnessing Nanotechnology for Ballistic Protection: Experimental Study on MWCNT-Reinforced Alumina-Ballistic Nylon Composite
3.4 Maria VOZAROVA, RHP TECHNOLOGY, Austria
Enhancing Armor Performance: Investigation into Lightweight Ceramic Composites for Defence and Security
  • 17:30 – 22:30
    Social event

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12

  • 8:00 – 8:40
    Registration and welcome

8:40 - 10:00
Session 4: Dynamic testing and modelling of materials under ballistic impact or blast #2

4.1 Phil GOTTS, PHIL GOTTS CONSULTING, UK
Testing of Metallic Vehicle Armour – Where Test Methods Struggle with Reality
4.2 Jérôme MESPOULET, THIOT INGENIERIE, France
Strengthening of Aluminum alloys for ballistic protection using a single step Dynamic Plastic Deformation process
4.3 Sanna ANDERSSON, FOI, Sweden
Influence of small yaw angles on the limit velocity of AP-projectiles into alumina oxide targets
4.4 Erik CARTON, TNO, The Netherlands
Relation between hardness and dynamic flow stress for a range of steel types
  • 10:00 – 10:40
    Coffee break

10:40 - 11:40
Session 5: Damage and failure mechanisms under impact or blast #1

5.1 Nicolas PRAT, IRBA, France
Soft ballistic protection tends to worsen primary thoracic and abdominal injuries from exposure to high intensity blast, while hard plate addition mitigates them
5.2 Michel ARRIGONI, ENSTA, France
Characterization of autoclaved aerated concrete under impact loading
5.3 Tore BØRVIK, NTNU, Norway
On adiabatic shear banding in high-strength steel
  • 11:40 – 12:10
    LWAG Committee meeting and Thiot Ingénierie Shock Physics Laboratory visit briefing
  • 12:10 – 13:40
    Lunch break
  • 14:30 – 18:00
    Thiot Ingénierie Shock Physics Laboratory visit
  • 18:30 – 23:00
    Social event and banquet

THURSDAY, JUNE 13

  • 8:00 – 8:40
    Welcome

8:40 - 10:00Session 6: Damage and failure mechanisms under impact or blast #2

6.1 Frédéric NOZERES, KNDS, France
Steel cylinder fragmentation using an advanced meshless approach coupled with a damage model for tensile and shear modes
6.2 Stéphane BOUBANGA TOMBET, TELOPS, Canada
Analysis of Ballistic Impacts on Composite Materials by Infrared Active Thermography
6.3 Antoine PROUST, INDUSTEEL, France
Adiabatic shear sensitivity of hard armour steel
6.4 James YOUCHISON, SNL, USA
Low-Cost Ballistic Resistant Smart Barrier
  • 10:00 – 10:40
    Coffee break

10:40 - 12:00
Session 7: Protection against ballistic for soldier, vehicle, aircraft and naval platforms #2

7.1 Angel MIRANDA VICARIO, RMA, Belgium
Experimental Secondary Fragment Procedure for Testing of Light Textiles
7.2 Andreas HEINE, EMI, Germany
New approaches to the constitutive modeling of protective materials
7.3 François BOUSSU, ENSAIT, France
Hybrid armour solutions for blast resistant vehicles
7.4 Nestor NSIAMPA, RMA, Belgium
Modeling of ballistic impact on a ballistic helmet: Influence of impact locations
  • 12:00 – 12:30
    Round table and closing session
  • 12:30 – 14:00
    Lunch