In the recent years, as a consequence of globalisation, the relative ease of access to the chemicals used to make explosives has made bombing attacks increasingly prominent.

Explosives may be implanted in automobiles to make a car bomb, planted on the roadside to detonate near target vehicles, or even strapped to the bodies of individuals for suicide attacks.

Stam has developed a strong know-how in the modelling and simulation of explosions. In particular we have acquired expertise in the simulation of bombs, in the behaviour and effects of blast waves, shrapnel and fragments on vehicles and structures.