Light-Weight Armour Group

The subjects of the LWAG - Light-Weight Armour for Defence & Security - are the study of all modern infrastructure, body and vehicle armour and also the study of armour systems as a whole. There have been large developments in both types of armour in recent years and the group hopes to understand these changes and improve upon them. LWAG is interested in all armour materials such as ceramics, all plastics materials such as polyamides and woven materials, metal matrix composites (MMCs), ceramic matrix composites CMCs), cellular and porous materials, such as metal foams. It is hoped that via Workshops and Conferences,
LWAG can help improve on the design of armour and armour systems as well as study the use of computer codes and numerical simulation tools, such as finite element analysis (FEA).

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