Project title: Intralayer-Hybrid Woven Lightweight Structural Composites for Impact-Resistant Protective Helmets
Project name: INTRACHEL
Call title: HORIZON-MSCA-2025-PF-01-01 (MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025)
Project registration number: 101275476
Project description:
Fiber-reinforced composite helmet shells offer enhanced resistance to dynamic impacts compared to thermoplastic alternatives. However, conventional manufacturing relies on stacking fabric layers, which leads to a heavier structure, higher costs, a persistent material footprint, and susceptibility to delamination. This research addresses the global demand for sustainable protective composites through INTRACHEL, which aims to develop intralayer hybrid woven composite shells for protective helmets by enhancing mechanical performance while reducing weight, cost, and environmental impact.
Total eligible expenditure: 207,758 EUR
Physical implementation: 01.09.2026 – 31.08.2028
Project coordination: Faculty of Engineering, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Principal Investigator for CZU Faculty of Engineering: prof. Rajesh Kumar Mishra, Ph.D.