Professor Filipe Teixeira-Dias from the University of Edinburgh, UK visited Wessex Institute to present a short course on Impact and Blast Dynamics to a group of participants from the UK and India.
This course was designed to equip professional engineers, researchers and post-graduate students with the knowledge, tools and methods to analyse and better understand problems associated with large dynamic loads produced by a variety of sources, typically structural impact and explosions. The main aims of the course were to introduce the fundamentals of impact and blast dynamics, concepts, principles and simplified methods of design and analysis. This course covered introductory techniques and design approaches for impact- and blast-resistant structures.
The course also covered dynamic material behaviour, the response of structures to impulsive loads, and their relevance of these in real-life applications. Extensive use was made of case-studies and practical design examples, applied to structural crashworthiness, armour and protection systems, explosion mitigation, and design for safety throughout the civil, mechanical, nuclear, transportation and space industries. Hands-on sessions gave participants an opportunity to solve real-life problems using the analysis methods and tools delivered in the course.
The course consisted of several sessions over the three days:
- Aims and objectives, tools and resources
- Impact mechanics
- Types of loading in structures
- Dynamic behaviour of materials
- Impact loading on structures
- Impact, penetration and perforation mechanics
- Design methods for energy absorption and crashworthiness
- Tool and techniques for impact assessment
- Impact applications
- Shockwave mechanics
- Blast interaction
- Blast and shock assessment techniques/tools
Presenter
Professor Filipe Teixeira-Dias FIMechE is a Mechanical Engineer, academic and author of over 250 publications, including more than 70 in international peer-reviewed journals. He started his academic career in 1992 at his Alma Mater, the University of Coimbra (Portugal), moving to the University of Aveiro (Portugal) in 1997. In 2013 he moved to The University of Edinburgh where he holds the Personal Chair of Impulsive Dynamics. His research interests focus on understanding the behaviour of materials and structures under impulsive and dynamic loads, and improving their response through better energy absorption mechanisms at different scales.
For further information and details of the next event please contact:
Jane Chantler
Wessex Institute
Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst
Southampton, SO40 7AA
Tel: 44 (0) 238 029 3223
Course Participants
Wessex Institute