FRIDAY MORNING, 1 AUGUST 1997

Session S1. Shock Initiation.

08:00 S1.01 Shock Response of the U.S. Navy Explosive PBXN-103: G. T. Sutherland, P. K. Gustavson, E. R. Lemar, J. O. O'Connor (NSWC, Indian Head, MD)
08:15 S1.02 Shock Sensitivity of LX-04 at Elevated Temperatures: P. A. Urtiew, C. M. Tarver, J. W. Forbes, F. Garcia (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
08:30 S1.03 Shock Reactivity of the Liquid Monopropellant Otto Fuel II: Harold W. Sandusky, George P. Chambers (NSWC/IHD)
08:45 S1.04 Effect of Microvoids on the Shock Initiation of PETN: Jon L. Maienschein, P.A. Urtiew, F. Garcia, J.B. Chandler (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
09:00 S1.05 Further Observations on HMX Particle Size and Buildup to Detonation: R.R. Bernecker (NAVSWC/IHD), R.L. Simpson (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
09:15 S1.06 Two Mechanisms of Explosive Initiation by the Impact of Cylindrical Projectile: V.Yu Klimenko (Institute of Chemical Physics)

08:00 S2.01 Shock Wave Equations of State of Chondritic Meteorites: William W. Anderson (Georgia Southwestern State University), Thomas J. Ahrens (California Institute of Technology)
08:15 S2.02 The Importance of Material Properties for Cratering in Geologic Materials: Donald R. Curran (SRI International)
08:30 S2.03 SHOCK WAVE INDUCED TRANSITION FROM THE TRIGONAL PHASE TO THE CO- EXISTING AMORPHOUS AND ORTHORHOMBIC PHASES IN FePO_4: K.D. Joshi, N. Suresh, G. Jyoti, S.C. Gupta, S.K. Kulshreshtha, S.K. Sikka (Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India)
08:45 S2.04 Phase Transition in CdS Single Crystals Shocked Along the A-axis: Surinder Sharma, Y.M. Gupta (Washington State University)
09:00 S2.05 Shock-induced phase transition of MnO around 90 GPa accompanied by a large volume change: Yasuhiko Syono, Yuichi Noguchi, Kiyoto Fukuoka, Keiji Kusaba, Toshiyuki Atou (Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University)
09:15 S2.06 High Pressure In Situ X-ray Diffraction Study of MnO to 120 GPa and Comparison with Shock Compression Experiment: Takehiko Yagi, Tadashi Kondo (Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo), Yasuhiko Syono (Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University)
09:30 S2.07 Shock-Induced Phase Transition of 6H Polytype SiC and an Implication for Post-Diamond Phase: Toshimori Sekine, Takamichi Kobayashi (National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials)

08:00 S3.01 Dynamic Strength and Inelastic Deformation of Ceramics under Shock Wave Loading: R. Feng (Washington State University)
08:30 S3.02 Modelling Precursor Decay in AD-99.5 Alumnina: C. Hari Manoj Simha, Stephan J. Bless (IAT-UT), Anthony M. Bedford (Department of Engineering Mechanics-UT)
08:45 S3.03 Alumina Strength Degradation in the Elastic Regime: Michael Furnish, Lalit Chhabildas (Sandia National Laboratories)
09:00 S3.04 Experimental Study of Interface Defeat in Confined Ceramic Targets: Gang Yuan (Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN 47907-1282), N.S. Brar (University of Dayton Research Institute, Dayton, OH 45469), Horacio D. Espinosa (Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN 47907-1282)
09:15 S3.05 Impact of AD995 Alumina Rods: L. C Chhabildas, M. D. Furnish, W. D. Reinhart (Sandia National Laboratories), D. E. Grady (Applied Research Associates)
09:30 S3.06 High speed image intensified photography of fractoemission from shock loaded brittle solids: John Field, Neil Bourne, Bill Proud (Shock Physics, PCS, Cavendish Laboratory, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK.)