Program overview

MONDAY AFTERNOON, 25 JUNE 2001

Session C1. DM: Impact Characterization of Metals.

Monday afternoon, 13:30, Ballroom 3, Renaissance Waverly

13:30 C1.001 Laser-Driven Planar Impact of Miniature Specimens of HY-100 Steel
David Alexander, David Robbins (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
13:45 C1.002 Cylinder Fragmentation Using Gas Gun Methods
Tom Thornhill (Ktech Corp.), William Reinhart, Lalit Chhabildas (Sandia National Laboratories), Dennis Grady (Applied Research Associates), Leonard Wilson (Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division)
14:00 C1.003 Dynamic Fracture Studies using Sleeved Taylor Specimens
Martin Gilmore (DERA-UK @AFRL-MN), Joseph Foster Jr. (Air Force Research Laboratory/ Munitions Directorate), Leonard L. Wilson (SAIC @AFRL-MN), Ian Cullis (DERA-UK)
14:15 C1.004 THE EFFECT OF MICROSTRUCTURE ON THE SHOCK BEHAVIOUR OF g-TITANIUM ALUMINIDES
I.P. Jones (Dept. of Metallurgy and Materials Science, University of Birmingham, Elms Rd., Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.), J.C.F. Millett, N.K. Bourne (RMCS, Cranfield University, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8LA, UK.), G.T. Gray III (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM. USA)
14:30 C1.005 Shock Wave Effects in Copper: Experimental Analysis and Interprettion for Further Modeling Applications
F. Llorca (CEA/Valduc, Is sur Tille 21120 France)
14:45 C1.006 On the dependence of the mechanical properties of metals on temperature and strain rate
Pietro Paolo Milella (ANPA)

Session C2. ME: Meso-Scale Modeling of Explosive Initiation.

Monday afternoon, 13:30, Ballroom 4, Renaissance Waverly

13:30 C2.001 Compaction Wave Profiles in Granular HMX
Ralph Menikoff (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
13:45 C2.002 A unifying framework for hot spots and ignition of energetic materials
K. Yano, Y. Horie, D. Greening (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
14:00 C2.003 Meso-Scale Mechanics of Plastic Bonded Energetic Materials
Keith Roessig (AFRL-MN Eglin AFB)
14:30 C2.004 MICROSTRUCTURAL MODEL OF IGNITION FOR TIME VARYING LOADING CONDITIONS
Richard V. Browning, Richard J. Scammon (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
14:45 C2.005 Development of a Simple Model of `Hot-Spot' Initiation in Heterogeneous Solid Explosives
N.J. Whitworth (AWE, Aldermaston, Reading, UK)

Session C3. SW: What is a Shock Wave?

Monday afternoon, 13:30, Ballroom 1, Renaissance Waverly

13:30 C3.001 Shock compression of polycrystalline copper at the grain level
Y. Horie, K. Yano (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
13:45 C3.002 Non-local theory of macro-meso-level energy exchange in the shock compressed matter
Tatyana Khantuleva (Dep. of Math. and Mech., S.-Petersburg State Univ.)
14:00 C3.003 Macro-meso energy exchange in dynamically deformed media
Yuri Mescheryakov (Institute of the Mechanical Engineering Problems Russian Academy of Sciences), Alexandre Divakov (Institute of the Mechanical Engineering Problems RAS)
14:15 C3.004 Physical Mesomechanics approach as a new conceptual basis of a shock wave in condensed matter.
Pavel Makarov (Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science (ISPMS), Tomsk, Russia)
14:30 C3.005 Non-linear nature of solids response under shock loading
Serguei Psakhie (Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science, RAS, Tomsk, Russia)
14:45 C3.006

Session C4. ED: Isentropic Compression.

Monday afternoon, 13:30, Ballroom 2, Renaissance Waverly

13:30 C4.001 New Physics at extreme conditions - outstanding results on shock compressed molecular fluids
Marina Bastea (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
14:00 C4.002 High Pulsed Power generator to produce magnetic pressure ramps until several hundreds of kbars for material studies
G. Avrillaud, L. Courtois, L. Frescaline, J. Guerre, R. Mercier, I. Revel (International Technologies for High Pulsed Power), B. M. Kovalchuk, E. V. Kumpjak, N. V. Zoi (High Current Electronics Institute), F. Bayol, F. Lassalle, Ch. Mangeant, P.L. Hereil, J. Petit (Centre d'Etudes de Gramat), J. Vanpoperynghe (Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique)
14:15 C4.003 Temperature Measurement of Isentropically Accelerated Flier Plates
Thomas Bergstresser (Sandia National Laboratories), Steven Becker (Bechtel Nevada)
14:30 C4.004 SYRINX PROJECT : COMPACT PULSE-CURRENT GENERATORS DEVOTED TO MATERIAL STUDY UNDER ISENTROPIC COMPRESSION LOADING.
Francis Lassalle, Christophe Mangeant (Centre d'Etudes de Gramat (CEG)), P-L Hereil Team, D. Bergues Team, G. Avrillaud Collaboration, L. Courtois Collaboration
14:45 C4.005 Transition from expansion to shock compression in laser irradiated Si by multiple shots
Akio Yazaki, Yoichiro Hironaka, Fumikazu Saito, Kazutaka Nakamura, Ken-ichi Kondo (Materials and Structures Laboratory,Tokyo Institute of Technology)

Session C5. PM: Peneration Mechanics.

Monday afternoon, 13:30, Wilton, Renaissance Waverly

13:30 C5.001 Numerical Investigation of Load Spreading and Penetration Resistance of Layered Structures
Joshua Robbins, Jow-Lian Ding, Yogendra M. Gupta (Washington State University)
13:45 C5.002 Ballistic Response of Fabrics: Model and Experiments
Dennis L. Orphal (International Research Associates, Pleasanton, CA 94566), James D. Walker, Jr. Anderson (Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX 78228)
14:00 C5.003 Long-Rod Moving-Plate Interaction
Yehuda Partom (RAFAEL)
14:15 C5.004 New Directions and New Challenges in Analytical Modeling of Penetration Mechanics
James D. Walker (Southwest Research Institute)
14:45 C5.005 Conversion of Finite Elements into Meshless Particles for Penetration Computations involving Ceramic Targets
Gordon R. Johnson, Robert A. Stryk (Alliant Techsystems), Stephen R. Beissel, Timothy J. Holmquist (Network CS)