4th International Conference on Impact Loading of Structures and Materials (ICILSM)

The Fraunhofer EMI hosted the International Conference on Impact Loading of Structures and Materials (ICILSM) on 13-17 May 2024 in Freiburg, Germany. The conference was the fourth in a series of international conferences organized by the International Society of Impact Engineering.

The list of topic included but were not limited to:

• Failure of structures under impact and blast loadings
• Systems for protection against impact and blast loadings
• Terminal ballistics and impact physics
• Hypervelocity impact research
• Dynamic behavior of materials, including failure and fracture
• Structural crashworthiness
• High-rate mechanical and forming processes
• Measurement techniques for impact, blast and high-rate loading
• Simulation methods for impact, blast and high-rate loading

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Daniel Eakins – University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Prof. Genevieve Langdon – University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Prof. Fabian Duddeck – Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

LtCol IMM Frederik Coghe – Royal Military Academy, Brussels, Belgium

Prof. Pascal Forquin – Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France