THURSDAY AFTERNOON, 24 JULY 2003

Session U1. Energetic Materials and Detonation XII: Nanomaterials.

13:30 U1.001 Preparation and Characterization of Fine-Particle NTO and Its Formulation with Al Nanopowders: Kien-Yin Lee, James Kennedy, Blaine Asay, Steve Son (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
13:45 U1.002 Performance Comparisons of Nanoaluminum and coated Micoraluminum: Diana Woody, Curtis Johnson, Davis Jeffery (Naval Air Warfare Center China Lake California)
14:00 U1.003 Fast Reaction Chemistry of Nano-Aluminum Reactive Composites Using Time-Resolved Spectroscopy: L Parker, G Pangilinan (Naval Surface Warfare Center-Indian Head)
14:15 U1.004 Shock-induced chemical reaction propagation in nanoenergetic materials observed with nanometer spatial resolution: Shufeng Wang, Yanqiang Yang, Zhaoyong Sun, Dana Dlott (School of Chemical Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Box 01-6 CLSL, 600 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL 61801)
14:30 U1.005 Observations on the Mechanism of Reaction Propagationin Metastable Intermolecular Composites: Blaine Asay, Steve Son, Jim Busse, Dave Oschwald (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
14:45 U1.006 Implementation of a High Explosive Equation of State into an Eulerian Hydrocode: David Littlefield (Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin), Ernest Baker (Armament Research Development and Engineering Center)

13:30 U2.001 CHARACTERIZATION OF OPTICALLY TRANSPARENT MATERIALS FOR ISENTROPIC-COMPRESSION STUDIES: Nazarov Dmitry V. (performing experiment), Mikhailov Anatoly L. (head of the research group), Fedorov Alexey V. (discussion of the results), Manachkin Sergey F. (computer calculation), Men'shikh Alexey V., Finyushin Stanislav A., Davydov Valery A., Filinov Evgeny V. (performing experiment)
13:45 U2.002 Novel optical fiber-based gauge for measuring transient pressures: Jeremy E. Monat, Joel R. Carney, G. I. Pangilinan (Naval Surface Warfare Center - Indian Head)
14:00 U2.003 Transient interferometric studies of shocked bicrystals: S.R. Greenfield, D.L. Paisley, A.C. Koskelo (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
14:15 U2.004 Characterization of sapphire for pyrometry in shock experiments: D. Partouche-Sebban, J.L. Pelissier (Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique, 91680 Bruyères Le Châtel, France), W.W. Anderson, R.S. Hixson, D.B. Holtkamp (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos NM 87545, U.S.A.)
14:30 U2.005 Point-Source Spark Shadowgraphy at the Historic Birthplace of Supersonic Transportation: A Historical Note: Joachim Biele (Retiree from: Wehrtechnische Dienststelle fuer Waffen und Munition, 49716 Meppen, Germany)

13:30 U3.001 Quasi-static and shock induced mechanical response of an aluminium-zinc-magnesium alloy as a function of heat treatment: M.R. Edwards, J.C.F. Millett, N.K. Bourne (Defence Academy, Cranfield University), Cranfield University Team
13:45 U3.002 The Dependence of Spall Strength on Microstructural Length Scales: Mukul Kumar, Roger Minich, James Cazamias, Adam Schwartz (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
14:00 U3.003 Interferometer Data Reduction of Very High Strain Rate Experiments: Beni Arad, Meir Werdiger, Ella Moshe, Zohar Henis, Shalom Eliezer (Plasma Group, Soreq NRC, Yavne 81800. Israel)
14:15 U3.004 Shock Prestraining and Shear Localization in 316 Stainless Steel: Qing Xue, George T. Gray, Shuh-Rong Chen (Materials Science and Technology Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory)
14:30 U3.005 Metallurgical investigation of dynamic damage in tantalum: Fabrice LLORCA, Gilles ROY (CEA/Valduc - FRANCE)
14:45 U3.006 Numerical simulation of long rod interaction with multi-layered ceramic materials at oblique angle: Yo-Han Yoo (Agency for Defense Development, Taejon 305-600, Korea), Oyeon Kum (Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA)