The Physics and Chemistry of Modified Explosives, November 4th – 8th, 2007.

4th WORKSHOP ON EXPLOSIVE BEHAVIORS: PRESENTATIONS

Bill Wilson DTRA The DTRA Advanced Energetics Program; Past, Present and Future
David Frost McGill U. The Nature of Heterogeneous Blast Explosives
Fan Zhang DRC Limits of Thermobaric Explosives
David Chavez LANL Historic and Current Research in Energetic Materials Synthesis at Los Alamos
Steve Son Purdue Overview of Nanoenergetic Materials
A. Dolgoborodov RAS Mechanoactivated Energetic Nanocomposites on the Base of Metal-Oxidizer Mixtures
Larry Hill LANL Peel-off Case Failure in Cookoff Explosions
Scott Jackson LANL Calculation and Measurement of Void Fraction in Solid Explosives
Dave Moore LANL On the Pressing of Submicron-sized Gamma HMX
Tim Foley LANL New MIC Formulations with Reduced Sensitivity and Improved Performance
Mark Short LANL Modeling non-ideal explosive behavior
Bryce Tappan LANL Thermobaric Explosives Development at LANL Utilizing Novel Materials
Ed Dreizin NJIT Fully dense, micron-sized, energetic nanocomposite powders: preparation, characterization, and reaction mechanisms
Joel Carney NSWC-IH Spectroscopy in the Post-Detonation Combustion of Fuel-Rich Explosives
Jason Jouet NSWC-IH Preparation and Passivation of Nano-Aluminum for Energetics Applications
Chris Capellos Picatinny Eigenvalue Detonation Behavior of Combined Effects Aluminized Explosives
Joe Backofen BRIGS Modeling Detonation of Condensed Explosives Using Two Propulsive Stages
I. I. Oleynik USF First-Principles Modeling of Energetic Materials: Challenges and Opportunities
Steve Todd SNL Damage-Initiated Reaction Model for PBX and Cast Explosives
Brian Melof SNL Fertilizer-grade AN and peroxide explosives
Steve Chidester & Craig Tarver LLNL Experimental and Modelling Challenges in Understanding Insensitive High Explosive Reaction Propagation
Linhbao Tran ARL Detonation-Inert Metal Particulate Interactions in Condensed High Explosive
Gert Scholtes TNO Impact Damage of Conventional Explosives in Comparison with PBXs
Michael G. Leone FBI Detonation of Improvised Liquid Explosives Based on Concentrated Hydrogen Peroxide
Peter Haskins Qinetiq The Performance of Solid-Loaded Liquid Explosives
Michelle Pantoya TTU New Experiments that Characterize the Fast Oxidation and Energy Transport of Reactive Materials
Richard Ames NSWC-DD Development and Characterization of Multiphase Blast Explosives
Jimmie Oxley URI Review of Terrorist Use of Chemical Explosives
Dennis Wilson EMPI Multifunctional Energetic Materials
Marcia Cooper, Mel Baer, Mike Kaneshige SNL Understanding Enhanced Blast Explosives: A Multi-Scale Challenge
Paul Anderson Picatinny Unusual explosives
Phil Pagoria LLNL Synthesis of Energetic Material at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Richard J. Lee NSWC-IH Assessment of Post Detonation Aluminum Combustion Efficiency – Pressed Versus Cast-Cured Explosives
Valery Levitas TTU Melt Dispersion Mechanism for Fast Reaction of Nanothermites
John Molitoris LLNL Post-Detonation Combustion Processes for Thermobarics and Enhanced Blast
Peter Dickson LANL Cookoff of commercial explosives
Jon Zucker LANL Cookoff response of new explosive compositions
Gary Parker LANL Interconnected Porosity in Thermally Damaged PBX 9501 and Its Effects on Gas Permeation in the Pre- and Post-ignition Regimes