Armour: Materials, Theory, and Design | Introduction

Contact information

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Enquiries Phone: 02 5114 5573

Enquiries Email: ProfEdCourses@adfa.edu.au

In-house delivery

UNSW Canberra Professional Education Courses may be available for in-house delivery at your organisation's premises. In-house courses allow maximum attendance without the additional travel costs. Courses can be developed to suit the specific staff development and training needs of your organisation. Recommended for groups of 10 or more.

This one-day online course is based on the reference book of the same name by the course presenter. It provides an introduction to the armour systems and technologies that can be applied to personnel, vehicles, ships and structures as well as providing the attendee an introduction to the material science concepts that are important for armour construction. It also provides an introduction to some of the threat technologies that exist. Although this course is moderately technical in nature it is suitable for a non-technical audience.

What you will receive

  • Comprehensive set of electronic course notes
  • UNSW Canberra certificate of attendance or completion

 

Who should attend

Anyone requiring an introduction to protection technologies including (and not limited to):

  • managers
  • police
  • design engineers
  • civil engineers
  • city planners
  • material scientists
  • systems engineers
  • project managers
  • serving military personnel
  • business managers and those working to combat terrorism

Presenter

PROFESSOR PAUL HAZELL

Paul has over 20 years of experience studying the impact behaviour of materials. In 2012 he moved to Canberra, Australia from the UK to take up the post of Professor of Impact Dynamics at UNSW Canberra. Before taking this position he was Head of the Centre for Ordnance Science and Technology at Cranfield University’s Shrivenham campus (at the UK Defence Academy). He has published extensively, appeared in several documentaries and presented his research work at numerous symposia. He has published two books on protection technologies with the most recent called ‘ARMOUR: Materials, Theory, and Design’ (CRC Press, 2015). 

Course Information

Course outline
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MODULE 1: Introduction to protection and materials

Recommended prerequisite: None

Part 1: Introduction to Protection

An introduction to armour concepts | The survivability onion | What affects armour performance? | Obliquity |Strength of materials | Whittaker’s approach | Structural vs appliqué | Homogeneous vs laminate | Passive vs reactive vs active | Spacing.

Part 2: Introduction to Armour Materials

How are materials used in armour construction | The structure of materials | The mechanics of material behaviour | An introduction to material properties and testing techniques | Dynamic behaviour.

MODULE 2: Threats 1

Recommended prerequisite: None

Guns including small arms | Ammunition concepts | Armour-Piercing Discarding-Sabot (APDS) rounds | Armour-Piercing Fin-Stabilised Discarding-Sabot (APFSDS) rounds | Shaped charge | A discussion on ammunition construction and performance | Explosively formed projectiles.

Cancellation policy
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Courses will be held subject to sufficient registrations. UNSW Canberra reserves the right to cancel a course up to five working days prior to commencement of the course. If a course is cancelled, you will have the opportunity to transfer your registration or be issued a full refund. If registrant cancels within 10 days of course commencement, a 50% registration fee will apply. UNSW Canberra is a registered ACT provider under ESOS Act 2000-CRICOS provider Code 00098G.

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lensLethality and Survivability