Program overview

TUESDAY AFTERNOON, 29 JUNE 1999

Session H1. Explosive Behavior.

Tuesday afternoon, 15:30, Ballroom I, Cliff Lodge Convention Center

15:30 H1.01 Desensitization of HMX Crystals to Shock and Impact via Anti-Static Coatings
Richard Lee, William Koppes (Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division)
15:45 H1.02 Radio Detonics
D. John Pastine (Enig Associates)
16:00 H1.03 Enhancement of Detonation Properties by Electric Energy Input
J. Lee, J.H. Kuk, C.H. Kim, E.H. Hwang (Agency for Defense Development)
16:15 H1.04 Mechanism of Detonation Wave Propagation in PBX with Energetic Binders
I. Plaksin, R. Mendes, J. Campos, J. Ribeiro, J. Gois (Mec. Eng. Dept. - Lab. Energetics and Detonics, F.C.T. - University of Coimbra, 3030 Coimbra, Portugal)
16:30 H1.05 Macrokinetics of the Energy Release in High Explosives Containing Nano-Size Boron Particles
Alexander Utkin, Gennady Kanel, Andrey Bogach, Sergey Razorenov (Institute for Chemical Physics Research RAS, Chernogolovka, 142432 Russia)
16:45 H1.06 Detonation Properties of Powdered Ammonium Nitrate
Andrei A. Deribas, Valery A. Simonov (Lavrentyev Institute of Hydrodynamics, Novosibirsk, Russia)

Session H2. EOS of Metals.

Tuesday afternoon, 15:30, Ballroom II, Cliff Lodge Convention Center

15:30 H2.01 High Pressure Response of a High Purity Iron
L. R. Veeser, G. T. Gray III, J. E. Vorthman, P. J. Rodriguez, R. S. Hixson (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
15:45 H2.02 Metastability in Shocked Iron: Controversy With Regard to Sound Velocity and Temperature Measurements.
David Boness (Department of Physics, Seattle University, Seattle, WA 98122 U.S.A.)
16:00 H2.03 Iron Sound Velocities in Shock Wave Experiments up to 400 GPa
Jeffrey Nguyen (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
16:30 H2.04 Shock Compression and Spall of \beta-Tin
W. W. Anderson, F. H. Cverna, R. S. Hixson, J. E. Vorthman (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
16:45 H2.05 On the Failure of Shocked Titanium Diboride
N.K. Bourne (Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham, UK), G.T. Gray III (Los Alamos National Laboratory), J.C.F. Millett (Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK)

Session H3. Diffraction and Texture Changes.

Tuesday afternoon, 15:30, Ballroom III, Cliff Lodge Convention Center

15:30 H3.01 Multiple X-ray Diffraction to Determine Transverse Lattice Deformation in Shocked LiF
P. A. Rigg (Institute for Shock Physics and Department of Physics, Washington State University)
16:00 H3.02 X-ray diffraction on shock-strained single crystal
Eugene Zaretsky (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel)
16:15 H3.03 Pump-probe x-ray (P^2X) diffraction for shock-compressed matter in picosecond time domain
Y. Hironaka, T. Tange, T. Inoue, Y. Fujimoto, K.G. Nakamura, K. Kondo (MSL. Titech, Japan), M. Yoshida (NIMC,Japan)
16:30 H3.04 Mesoscopical Effects and Particle Velocity Distribution in Shock Compressed Solids
Yu. I. Mescheryakov (Inst. of the Mech. Eng. Probls. RAS, St. Petersburg, Russia)

Session H4. Mechanical Properties (MP) - Ceramics II.

Tuesday afternoon, 15:30, Superior Room, Cliff Lodge Convention Center

15:30 H4.01 Failure Waves in Glass and Ceramics under Shock Compression
N. Singh Brar (University of Dayton Research Institute, Dayton OH 45469-0182)
16:00 H4.02 Deviatoric strength of silicon carbide subject to shock
Ian Pickup, Antony Barker (Defence Evaluation Research Agency)
16:15 H4.03 Possible Detection of Failure Wave Velocity in SiC using Hypervelocity Penetration Experiments
D. L. Orphal (International Research Associates, Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA), A. A. Kozhushk, A. B. Sinani
16:30 H4.04 Experiments and simulations of Cercom SiC under impact
K. G. Holland, M. K. Wong, W. D. Reinhart, M. D. Furnish, L. C. Chhabildas (Sandia National Laboratories)
16:45 H4.05 Limiting Strength of Ceramics under Shock Compression
Dennis Grady (Applied Research Associates, 4300 San Mateo Blvd., NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87110)