> LWAG
Light-Weight Armour for Defence & Security

> APMTAC
Associação Portuguesa de Mecânica Teórica, Aplicada e Computacional

> IACM
International Association for Computational Mechanics

> ESAFORM
European Scientific Association For Material Forming.

> EUROMECH
European Mechanics Society

> NAFEMS
National Agency for Finite Element Methods and Standards

> ECCOMAS
European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences

> WCCM
World Congress on Computational Mechanics