Nature provides examples of resilient materials and structures with optimised morphologies
and topologies to achieve excellent mechanical and structural properties and sustainable …

Designing and manufacturing multi-functional, lightweight and high-performance body
armour materials and assemblies have attracted intense attention recently due to fast …

This paper presents a combined experimental and numerical study on the low-velocity
impact behavior of honeycomb-core sandwich panels with different structural parameters …

Nature has a wide range of biological protection strategies that show resilience to impact
loading. These strategies also serve a certain amount of flexibility that contribute to body …

Recent advances in the automated manufacture of composite structures have renewed the
interest in fibre metal laminate (FML) structures in various engineering sectors. FML …

Applications involving strain rates in excess of 10 2-10 3 s− 1 are unique in both materials
selection and design approaches and are of particular importance for protection of …

Technological growth in advanced ammunition and weapons has led to development of
protective antiballistic composites, which are mostly based on aramid fibers, as they absorb …

The pore collapse mechanisms of closed-cell aluminium foams during quasi-static
compression have been investigated. A suite of experiments and numerical simulations …

Ceramics and ceramic composites are often utilised for armour applications, where light
weight and ballistic protection are essential. Recently, bio-inspired materials and …

Natural-fiber-reinforced polymer composites have recently drawn attention as new materials
for ballistic armor due to sustainability benefits and lower cost as compared to conventional …