The Development of Multifunctional Armour in Response to a Changing Need

Organised by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining

Supported by the Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers and the Institute of Mechanical Engineers

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Prospects for Titanium Armour (PDF 434kb)
Professor Malcolm Ward-Close, QinetiQ

Police Body Armour the Problem and the Solution (PDF 2.27MB)
Paul Fenne, Metropolitan Police Technology Group

Use of Carbon Nanotubes in Armour Applications (PDF 2.51MB)
Professor Alan Windle University of Cambridge

Multifunctional Uses of Auxetic Materials in Armour Systems (PDF 1.3MB)
Professor Andrew Alderson Centre for Materials Research and Innovation, University of Bolton

The EPIDARM Project (The European Defence Agency's European Protective Individual Defence ARMour Project) (PDF 1.31MB)
Ludovic Ouvry, Societe OUVRY, Lyon, France

Systematic Approach to Armour Development Using TRIZ (PDF 1.57MB)
Darrell Mann, Systematic Innovation

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