Sunday 18th July
Evening |
Overviews and Suggested Future Directions |
| DL: Anatoly Dremin |
| 19:30-20:00 |
Professor John Field (FRS, University of Cambridge)
"The Role of Hot Spots" |
| 20:15-20:45 |
Roger Cheret (CEA)
"Chapman Jouget Hypothesis 1899-1999. One Century Between Myth and Reality" |
Monday 19th July
Morning |
Modelling (Macroscopic) |
| DL: Craig Tarver |
| 09:00-09:30 |
Pharis Williams (EMRTC, Socorro)
"Non-Ideal Explosives Modelling at New Mexico Tech. and its Comparison with Experiment" |
| 09:45-10:15 |
Vladimir Klimenko (Institute of Chemical Physics, Moscow)
"The Multiprocess Idea in Detonation" |
| 10:30-11:30 |
Coffee Break and Photo Session |
| 11:30-12:00 |
Hugh James (AWE, Aldermaston)
"A Quick Method for Calculating 1D Reaction Growth in Shocked Explosives" |
Monday 19th July
Evening |
Spectroscopy of Decomposition Processes |
| DL: TBA |
| 19:30-20:00 |
Professor Yogi Gupta (Washington State University)
Title to be announced |
| 20:15-20:40 |
Gerard Baudin (CEG, Gramat)
"Studies of SDT and Detonation in Nitromethane Using a Pyrometry Technique" |
| 20:55-21:20 |
Tom Russell (NRL, Washington DC)
"Is Pressure an Important Parameter in Combustion, Deflagration and Detonation Chemistry" |
Tuesday 20th July
Morning |
Detonation Theory and Modelling |
| DL: Roger Cheret |
| 09:00-09:30 |
Anatoly Dremin (Institute of Chemical Physics, Chernogolovka)
"The Evolution of Notions About the Detonation Wave-Front Structure" |
| 09:45-10:15 |
Craig Tarver (LLNL)
"How Detonation Waves Really Work" |
| 10:30-11:00 |
Coffee Break |
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| 11:00-11:30 |
Professor Bill Byers Brown (University of Manchester)
"A New Approach to Two-Dimensional Steady Detonation" |
| 11:45-12:15 |
Carter White (NRL, Washington DC)
"Rise Times, Sonic Points and Self-Similar Behaviour from Atomistic Simulations of Detonations" |
Tuesday 20th July
Evening |
Synthesis of New Energetic Materials |
| DL: TBA |
| 19:30-20:00 |
Henric Ostmark (FOA)
"FOX-7, a Novel Low Sensitivity Explosive with High Performance" |
| 20:15-20:40 |
Rob Claridge (DERA)
"Progress Towards the Environmentally Friendly Synthesis of Energetic Materials" |
| 20:55-21:20 |
Michael Sitzmann (NSWC)
"Synthesis of SF5 Energetic Materials. Recent Efforts Towards Flourine-Rich Nitramide Salts" |
Wednesday 21st July
Morning |
Experimental Detonics (1) |
| DL: Professor John Field (FRS) |
| 09:00-09:30 |
Professor Jose Campos (University of Coimbra)
"Initiation and Interaction of Detonation Waves in PBX" |
| 09:45-10:15 |
Doug Tasker (LANL)
"Electromagnetic Enhancement of Detonation" |
| 10:30-11:00 |
Coffee Break |
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Microstructural Effects and Initiation |
| DL: Professor John Field (FRS) |
| 11:00-11:30 |
Steve Coffey (NSWC)
"Initiation by Shock or Impact, Theory and Experiment" |
| 11:45-12:15 |
Professor Ron Armstrong (University of Maryland)
"Dislocation Assisted Chemical Decomposition" |
Wednesday 21st July
Evening |
Molecular Modelling |
| DL: Michael Howard |
| 19:30-20:00 |
Larry Fried (LLNL)
"Atomistic Prediction of Energetic Material Safety and Performance" |
| 20:15-20:40 |
Siddharth Dasgupta & Joe Shepherd (Caltech)
"Early Molecular Events in Shocked Explosives" |
| 20:55-21:20 |
Richard Gilardi (NRL)
"Mono- to Octa-Nitrocubanes: Molecular Structure Trends" |
Thursday 22nd July
Morning |
Experimental Detonics (2) |
| DL: Paul Urtiew |
| 09:00-09:30 |
Steve Chidester (LLNL)
"Explosive Excitement from Low-Amplitude Insults" |
| 09:45-10:15 |
Albert van der Steen (TNO)
"Crystallisation and Sensitivity" |
| 10:30-11:00 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:00-11:30 |
Bill Wilson (Eglin)
"Explosive Sensitivity Under Combined Shock and Shear-Flow Conditions" |
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Thermal Studies and Combustion |
| DL: Richard Behrens |
| 11:45-12:15 |
Blaine Asay (LANL)
"Spatially- and Temporally-Resolved Temperature Measurements in PBX 9501" |
Thursday 22nd July
Evening |
Thermal Studies and Combustion (cont.) |
| 19:30-19:55 |
Bryan Henson (LANL)
"A Kinetic Model of HMX Decomposition and Ignition" |
| 20:10-20:40 |
Leanna Minier (Sandia)
"How much do we understand about the thermal decomposition processes of energetic materials?" |
| 20:55-21:20 |
Stephen Margolis (Sandia)
"Analysis of deflagrations in porous energetic materials" |
