LinkedIn LinkedIn Youtube Youtube Google+ Google English Contact us Menu Home Services Shock Physics Expertise Material Characterization R&D collaborative projects Vulnerability Assessment Test laboratory Impact tests Dynamic loading Numerical Simulation Experimental vs Numerical Blast & structures Impact & perforation Products Launchers Gas guns Two-stage light gas guns Powder guns Hopkinson bars Explosion chambers Detonation chambers Firing range chambers High pressure systems Autofrettage machines Very high pressure generators Applications Aeronautics Bird strikes Material characterization Stones & hails impacts Tire impacts Space Hypervelocity impacts Space pyrotechnics Defense Civil Eng. Company Contact us News What can you find in a plane, a ballistic missile or a satellite ? Composite materials At THIOT INGENIERIE we work on knowing them better... ...so we can make them stronger... HYPERVELOCITY IMPACTS We cannot shield satellites against micrometeroïd impacts... ...But we can avoid creating more debris ! DID YOU KNOW ? Wildlife impacts cause $650 M damages a year* *in the US; Source: Bird Strike Comittee USA MORE ABOUT Wing Engine 44% Fuselage 4% 31% Nose 8% Windshield 13% UNIQUE SHOCK TESTING FACILITY What is shock physics ? Materials are very sensitive to high strain rates. If metals can be twice stronger during a shock, few composites can be much more brittle. These changes will impact your products design and performances. Take this into account from the very beginning. More about What applications ? Bullet impacts, planes ditching or pyrotechnnics… Fast dynamics events are everywhere arround us. Aeronautics, space, defense or even civil engineering… Discover all applications of Shock Physics related to your field of activity. More about Impact testing With various calibers between 12 mm and 350 mm, impact tests can be performed within a wide range of energy. Come and see our impact laboratory for birds and hails strikes simulations, materials dynamic characterization and military armour testing. More about Our Projects PermalinkGallery Mars Sample Return – Crash study PermalinkGallery Composite satellite tank vulnerability PermalinkGallery Hypervelocity impacts PermalinkGallery Hailstones PermalinkGallery Tire impact PreviousNext Our Word “We created our Shock Physics laboratory to adress a real need from aerospace and defense companies. By assessing materials behavior under fast dynamics loading, we participate to the elaboration of 21st century materials” Patrick THIOT, CEO and founder “We created our Shock Physics laboratory to adress a real need from aerospace and defense companies. By assessing materials behavior under fast dynamics loading, we participate to the elaboration of 21st century materials” Patrick THIOT, CEO and founder Our Satisfied Customers PreviousNext In 25 years, THIOT INGENIERIE imposed themselves as world leaders in extreme mechanics. Shock Physics or Extreme Pressure, we provide our customers with cutting-edge technologies . CONTACT Route nationale, 46130 PUYBRUN FRANCE +33 (5) 65 38 36 07 contact@thiot-ingenierie.com RECENT NEWS Aeroballistic Range Association bi-annual meeting in Arcachon THIOT INGENIERIE presents its space hypervelocity impacts services at Toulouse Space Show 14′ THIOT INGENIERIE at the European Conference on Spacecraft Structures, Materials & Environmental Testing THIOT INGENIERIE presents automated explosion chambers and space activities at HEMCE INDIA 2014 in Trivandrum Sitemap Services Products Applications Materials Company Contact us News LinkedIn LinkedIn Youtube Youtube Google+ Google Copyright THIOT INGENIERIE© 2013 | All rights reserved | Mentions légales