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LWAG 2011 @ Haifa, Israel

New Concepts in Armour Engineering

Hosts: Shuki Yeshurun and Daniel Rittel

Technion, Israel Institute of Technology

Haifa, Israel

March 16-17, 2011

Scope

A Lightweight Armour Group Meeting will be held, March 16-17, 2011 in Haifa (Israel) on Technion campus. The theme of the meeting is "New concepts in armour engineering". This includes all new aspects of armour engineering, whether experimental or numerical and analytical, new materials and combinations, new concepts, as well as original testing and simulation techniques. Members of the LWAG-DYMAT and interested participants are kindly invited to submit a free format 1-page abstract to the organizers. The meeting will be kept in purpose to a small format (up to 50 participants) in order to stimulate fruitful discussions and interactions. We particularly welcome young researchers at an early stage of their career (graduate students and postdocs) to come and share their results in a friendly and informal atmosphere.

Further details will be posted as they become available (lodging, fees, etc.) Please note that at this time of the year, the weather in Israel is relatively nice and not too hot, which allows for visits of the many historical and biblical sites.

We look forward to welcoming you in Haifa!

Keynote Presentations

- Ductile plate perforation by rigid projectiles.

       by Z. Rosenberg (Rafael) and E. Dekel

- High rate behavior of materials and their ballistical performance.

       by L.W. Meyer

Conference Venue

The conference will be held on the campus of the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (Coler Visitors Center) located in Haifa, Israel. Haifa, Israel's third largest city and northern capital, is situated in a broad natural bay between the Mediterranean Sea and the Carmel mountain range. The city's terraced landscape offers a rich variety of breathtaking panoramas. Haifa's new Bahai Gardens are considered one of the wonders of the world. Haifa is an excellent starting point for visiting tourist attractions such as Nazareth (40km), Sea of Galilee (60km) and Caesarea (40km). Jerusalem is only 150km away. For more information, follow this link for the Israeli Ministry of Tourism web-site.

The Technion Campus (www.technion.ac.il)

The Technion campus extends over a 300-acre area on the pine-covered upper north eastern slopes of Mount Carmel, in a setting of great scenic beauty. Allocated by the Government of Israel in 1953, the campus ranges over 100 buildings and is called Technion City. The original woodland has been preserved, in addition to new cultivated trees and greenery. Emphasis has been placed on gardens and pleasant landscaping, giving the campus all the characteristics of a park. The Technion's old original campus is located in Hadar HaCarmel and presently houses the Technoda, Israel's National Museum of Science, Planning and Technology. The building s old, and unique in its architectural design. It constitutes a monument to the beginning of higher education institutes in Israel.