AUXDEFENCE 2020 World Conference on Advanced Materials for Defence
AuxDefense 2020 — 2nd World Conference on Advanced Materials for Defense sponsored by the Portuguese Ministry of National Defense and organized by the University of Minho has been held online from 06-08 July and it has focused on the latest scientific and technical novelties in advanced materials for Defense, including equipment and soldier protective systems.
Among many topics presented several could be highlighted as active materials, blast protection, camouflage chameleonic materials, chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear detection/protection, composite materials, impact absorption, fibers meta materials, nanomaterials and nanostructures, self-healing materials or smart materials and textiles.
In this conference the C-IED COE has presented its Research & Development (R&D) Project (PRINSE- Protection of Infrastructures against explosions – Use of elastomer/polyurea coatings) in the afternoon of the 7th July describing its last tests and findings.