Research topics
Advanced materials
- Hybrid materials with high toughness
- Laminate materials with designed performance
- Shaped materials for efficient energy dissipation
- Functionally gradient composites with low weight
- Cost effective materials for huge objects
- Materials with special functionality (optical, electrical)
Security of citizens and critical infrastructure
- Building and container protection against ballistic and blast loading – permanent and mobile shield systems
- Protective features for pipelines against dynamic threat (bullets, blast, shaped charge attack)
- Equipment to increase work safety in the environment with danger of high speed fragments
Defense and national security
- Personal ballistic protection – Soft ballistic inserts and hard add-on armour panels
- Vehicle and aircraft ballistic protection – Add-on composite armours, Spall liners
- Blast protection of vehicles – Anti mine seats
Testing and simulation
- Basic tests of materials – mechanical characterization
- Simulation of material performance during extreme dynamic loading
- New test methodology preparation
- Ballistic and blast tests of newly developed materials
Training and dissemination
- Improving of human resources included in the project
- Trainning of public administration
- Dissemination of the knowledge generated in the project
- Monitoring and sharing the current trends in the field
