The Twelfth International Detonation Symposium continues the sequence of symposia whose principal purpose has been the discussion of detonation phenomena in solids and liquids. The sequence began in 1951 under the direction of Dr. Ralph Roberts as an Office of Naval Research "Conference on the Chemistry and Physics of Detonation."

The Fourth (1965), Fifth (1970), Sixth (1976), and Seventh (1981) Symposia were organized under the leadership of Dr. Sigmund Jacobs of the Naval Surface Weapons Center. The Eighth Symposium (1985) was cochaired by Dr. James Short of the Naval Surface Warfare Center and Dr. William Deal of the Los Alamos National Laboratory; the Ninth (1989) was cochaired by Dr. Edward Lee of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Dr. James Short; and the Tenth (1993) was cochaired by Dr. James Short and Mr. Douglas Tasker of the Naval Surface Warfare Center. The Eleventh (1998) was cochaired by Dr. James Kennedy of Los Alamos National Laboratory and Dr. James Short. The Symposium is documented in hardbound proceedings that are recognized as a primary reference in the field of detonation science.

The Twelfth Symposium, cochaired by Dr. James M. Short of the Indian Head Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, and Dr. Jon L. Maienschein of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will bring together scientists from governments, universities, and industries from around the world to discuss advances in theory and experiment in the fields of detonation chemistry and physics. The Symposium will run five days, Monday through Friday, August 12-16, with registration on Sunday August 11, at the Wyndham San Diego at Emerald Plaza in San Diego, California.

Technical presentations will be made in three formats: specialist, general, and poster sessions. Detonation research spans a broad range of chemistry and physics. To help stimulate discussion in specific areas of research, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, August 14-16, will be set aside for concurrent specialist sessions. These sessions will provide a forum for speakers and audience to share common research interests in more detailed, lively discussions than in the general sessions. The posters will be on display the entire week of the symposium, and there will be a poster session on Tuesday morning.

Paper summaries will be available prior to the meeting on the Detonation Symposium web site at http://www.sainc.com/onr/detsymp/. Papers will also be available on the web site, as they are finalized. Each registrant will receive a copy of the final hardbound proceedings, printed and CD-ROM, when it is published after the Symposium.

The Twelfth Symposium is open to the public, subject to approval of registration. Participants are requested to register by July 12, 2002.

Sponsors of the Twelfth International Detonation Symposium and Organizing Committee representatives are:

• Air Force Research Laboratory

Dr. John Corley

• Army Research Laboratory

Dr. John Starkenberg

• Indian Head Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center

Dr. James M. Short, Co-Chairman
Dr. Ruth M. Doherty
Dr. Suhithi Peiris

• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Dr. Jon Maienschein, Co-Chairman
Mrs. Sharon Crowder, Symposium Coordinator

• Los Alamos National Laboratory Dr. James E. Kennedy

Dr. Blaine Asay

• Office of Naval Research

Dr. Judah Goldwasser

• Sandia National Laboratories

Mr. Lloyd L. Bonzon, Poster Chairman

• U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

Dr. Pai Lu

The Welcome and Opening Remarks will begin at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, August 12, in the Crystal Ballroom on the second floor of the Wyndham San Diego at Emerald Plaza. General Sessions will be held in the Crystal Ballroom and will begin at 8:10 a.m. on Monday and at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday. Posters will be displayed in the Diamond I and II Rooms on the second floor from Sunday at 4:00 p.m. through Thursday evening. There will be an author-attended Poster Session on Tuesday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Specialist Sessions will be held Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday in the Crystal and Emerald Ballrooms on the second floor.

The Symposium telephone number will be (925) 784-6445. It can be used Monday through Friday during Symposium hours to reach attendees. Calls received by the Symposium staff will be posted in the registration area. Telephone inquiries before the Symposium should be directed to Mrs. Sharon Crowder, (925) 423-7455.

The San Diego International Airport can accommodate the exchange of foreign currency.

Participants may register for the Symposium through the Symposium web site, at:

Registration for the hotel is separate, as described below.

The $600 registration fee ($650 after July 12, 2002) includes the registration portfolio; a copy of the hardbound proceedings and CD-ROM; admittance to technical sessions; registration Sunday evening, lunch on Monday, the Monday evening at the San Diego Aerospace Museum, and the Symposium Banquet on Thursday. (Additional tickets for companions are available for the Companion Breakfast on Monday morning, lunch on Monday, the Monday evening at the San Diego Aerospace Museum, and the Symposium banquet on Thursday. Please note interest and include payment with your registration.)

Early registration with prepayment is requested. Refunds for prepaid registrations that must be cancelled are available, for cancellations made before July 31, 2002. CREDIT CARDS (VISA and MASTERCARD only) ARE THE PREFERRED METHOD FOR PAYMENT. Other payment alternatives are cash in American dollars, checks on American banks, or travelers checks in American dollars.

Hotel accomodations are reserved at the Wyndham San Diego at Emerald Plaza. To reserve a room, fill out and return the Hotel Registration Form (located at the end of this announcement) to the Wyndham San Diego at Emerald Plaza, or register by phone. Room reservations must be made by July 12, 2002, to receive the special conference room rate. Registration over the Internet is not possible. Use of the form is suggested to ensure that you receive the discounted room rate for the Symposium. Return the form to the Wyndham San Diego at Emerald Plaza by fax to (619) 239-3274, or by mail to:

Wyndham San Diego at Emerald Plaza
Attention: Reservations
400 West Broadway
San Diego, CA 92101
USA

Alternatively, hotel registration may be done by telephone, at (619) 239-4500. If you register by phone, specify that you are attending the 12th International Detonation Symposium to ensure getting the proper room rate. Each Symposium registrant is responsible for making his or her hotel reservations. This must be done in addition to registering for the Symposium. Confirmation of your reservation will be sent to you by the hotel. Any cancellations must be made 24 hours prior to the arrival date or the first night's guarantee will be forfeited.

The San Diego International Airport is about two miles from the Wyndham San Diego at Emerald Plaza A complimentary shuttle is available from the airport, and may be arranged by calling from the transportation telephones at the baggage claim area upon arrival at the airport.

Because the Wyndham San Diego at Emerald Plaza is located in the heart of downtown San Diego, local transportation will meet most transportation needs and rental cars are not encouraged. However, rental cars are available through the hotel concierge, and are also available at the San Diego International Airport. Parking at the Wyndham San Diego at Emerald Plaza is available to hotel guests, valet only, at a cost of $18/day.

The San Diego Trolley stops a block from the Wyndham San Diego at Emerald Plaza. For a map, schedule, and other information, visit their web site: http://209.125.19.196/service/trolleymap.htm

DETONATION PROPERTIES OF EXPLOSIVES CONTAINING NANOMETRIC ALUMINUM POWDER
P. Brousseau
Defence Research Establishment Valcartier, Québec, Canada
H. Dorsett and M. Cliff
Defence Science and Technology Organization, Edinburgh, South Australia
J. Anderson
Mining Resource Engineering Limited
Kingston, Ontario, Canada

NANOMETRIC ALUMINIUM POWDER INFLUENCE ON THE DETONATION EFFICIENCY OF EXPLOSIVES
A. Lefrancois, G. Baudin, C. Le Gallic
French Ministry of Defense DGA/DCE/CEG, Centre d'Etudes de Gramat, Gramat, France
P. Boyce, J-P. Coudoing
French Ministry of Defense DGA/DCE/CTSN, Centre Techinque des Sytèmes Naval (CTSN/VN/TCO), Toulon, France

HETEROGENEOUS CHAIN MECHANISM OF LEAD AZIDE INITIATION BY A LASER PULSE IN THE TRANSPARENCE REGION OF A CRYSTAL  (Revised: 8/6/2002)
A. Khaneft
Kemerovo State University, Kemerovo, Russia

REACTION ZONE CHEMISTRY

PARTICLE VELOCITY MEASUREMENTS OF THE REACTION ZONE IN NITROMETHANE
S. A. Sheffield, R. Engelke, R. R. Alcon, R. L. Gustavsen, D. L. Robins, D. B. Stahl, H. L. Stacy, and M. C. Whitehead
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM

REACTION ZONES IN DETONATIONS OF DENSE EXPLOSIVES
V. F. Anisichkin, S. D. Gilev, A. P. Ershov, A. Medvedev, N. P. Satonkina and A. M. Trubachev
Lavrentyv Institute of Hydrodynamics, Novosibirsk, Russia
Y. V. Yanilkin
Russian Federal Nuclear Center-VNIIEF, Sarov, Russia

DETONATION WAVE STRUCTURE IN LIQUID HOMOGENEOUS, SOLID HETEROGENEOUS AND AGATIZED HE
A. Fedorov
Russian Federal Nuclear Center-VNIIEF, Sarov, Russia

EQUATION OF STATE FOR MODELING THE DETONATION REACTION ZONE IN EXPLOSIVES  (Updated: 11/6/2002)
D. S. Stewart
University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
W. C. Davis
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM

INFLUENCE OF INITIAL DENSITY ON THE REACTION ZONE FOR STEADY-STATE DETONATION OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES
A. Utkin, S. Kolesnikov, S. Pershin and V. Fortov
Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics RAS Chernogolovka, Russia

ISENTROPIC COMPRESSION OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES WITH THE Z ACCELERATOR  (Revised: 8/5/2002)
D. B. Reisman, J. W. Forbes, C. M. Tarver, and F. Garcia
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
D. B. Hayes
Tijeras, NM
M. D. Furnish
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM
J. J. Dick
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM

REDUCTION OF DETAILED CHEMICAL REACTION NETWORKS FOR DETONATION SIMULATIONS
P. Hung and J. E. Shepherd
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

ON CAVITY COLLAPSE AND SUBSEQUENT IGNITION
N. Bourne
Royal Military College of Science, UK
A. Milne
FGE, UK

COMMERCIAL, NON-IDEAL & COMPOSITE EXPLOSIVES

DSD FRONT MODELS: NONIDEAL EXPLOSIVE DETONATION IN ANFO
J. Bdzil, T. Aslam, R. Catanach and L. Hill
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
M. Short
University of Illinois, Urbana, IL

A NEW CONCEPT FOR THE MODELING OF DETONATION WAVES IN MULTIPHASE MIXTURES
A. Chinnayya, E. Daniel and R. Saurel
IUSTI, Marseilles, France
G. Baudin and C. Le Gallic
French Ministry of Defense DGA/DCE/CEG/ Centre d'Etudes de Gramat, Gramat, France

DETONATION CHARACTERISTICS OF EMULSION EXPLOSIVES AS FUNCTIONS OF VOID SIZE AND VOLUME
Y. Hirosaki, K. Murata and Y. Kato
NOF Corporation, Aichi, Japan
S. Itoh
Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS COMPARISON OF THE ALUMINIZED EMULION EXPLOSIVES DETONATION FRONT AND PRODUCTS EXPANSION
A. Lefrancois, J. Y. Grouffal and P. Bouinot
French Ministry of Defense DGA/DCE/CEG/ Centre d'Etudes de Gramat, Gramat, France
S. Mencacci
Nitrochimie-Groupe, Saint-Martin de Crau, France

JAGUAR PROCEDURES FOR DETONATION PROPERTIES OF ALUMINIZED EXPLOSIVES
E. Baker, C. Capellos
U.S. Army TACOM-ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ
L. Stiel
Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY

THE ROLE OF DAMAGE MODE IN DELAYED DETONATION OF COMPOSITE ENERGETIC MATERIALS
E. R. Matheson and J.T. Rosenberg
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Sunnyvale, CA

EFFECT OF Al/AlH3 AND Mg/MgH2 COMPONENTS ON DETONATION PARAMETERS OF MIXED EXPLOSIVES
A. A. Selezenev, V. N. Lashkov, V. N. Lobanov, O. L. Ignatov, A. Yu. Aleinikov, A. V. Strikanov, V. N. Trusov
Russian Federal Nuclear Center-VNIIEF, Sarov, Russia
N. A. Imkhovik
MGTU, Moscow, Russia

SHOCK WAVE PRESSURE IN FREE WATER AS A FUNCTION OF EXPLOSIVE COMPOSITION
G. W. Lawrence
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head, MD

MODELS

STABILITY AFFECTS OF ARTIFICIAL VISCOSITY IN DETONATION MODELING
P. Vitello and P. C. Souers
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Livermore, CA

THE DIVERGING SPHERE AND THE RIB IN PROMPT DETONATION  (Revised: 8/7/2002)
P. C. Souers, E. McGuire, R. Garza, F. Roeske and P. Vitello
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA

NUMERICAL MODELING OF NONIDEAL DETONATIONS IN AMMONIUM NITRATE/ALUMINIUM MIXTURES AND THEIR BLAST EFFECT
B. Khasainov and B. Ermolaev
Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
H-N. Presles and P. Vidal
Laboratoire de Combustion et de Detonique, UPR CNRS, France

DETONATION PERFORMANCE OF ALUMINIZED COMPOSITIONS BASED ON BTNEN
M. F. Gogulya, A. Y. Dolgoborodov, M. N. Makhov, M. A. Brazhnikov and V. G. Shchetinin
Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

THE EFFECT OF AL2O3 PHASE TRANSITIONS ON DETONATION PROPERTIES OF ALUMINIZED EXPLOSIVES
S. B. Victorov
Moscow State Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia

LINKS BETWEEN DETONATION WAVE PROPAGATION AND REACTIVE FLOW MODELS
D. Swift
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
S. White
AWE, Aldermaston, Berkshire, UK

TEMPERATURE-BASED REACTIVE FLOW MODEL FOR ANFO
R. Mulford and D. Swift
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
M. Braithwaite
Cranfield University, Swindon, UK

CUMULATIVE DAMAGE HOTSPOT MODEL FOR USE WITH ARRHENIUS BASED IGNITION AND GROWTH MODEL
M. D. Cook, P. J. Haskins, C. Stennett, and A. D. Wood
QinetiQ, Fort Halstead, UK

A FULLY CONSERVATIVE GHOST FLUID METHOD & STIFF DETONATION WAVES
D. Nguyen, F. Gibou, and R. Fedkiw
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

SIMULATION OF AQUARIUM TESTS FOR PBXW-115(AUST)
J. P. Lu and H. Dorsett
Defence Science and Technology Organization, Edinburgh, South Australia
David L. Kennedy
Orica Explosives, Kurri Kurri, Australia

THE BURNING RATE OF ALUMINIUM PARTICLES IN NITROMETHANE IN CYLINDER TESTS
A. M. Milne, A. W. Longbottom, and D. J. Evans
Fluid Gravity Engineering Ltd, St. Andrews
P. J. Haskins, M. D. Cook and R. I. Briggs
QinetiQ, Fort Halstead, UK

SIMULATION OF DETONATION PROBLEMS WITH THE MLS GRID-FREE METHODOLOGY
J. Yao
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
M. E. Gunger and D. A. Matuska
General Dynamics OTS, Niceville, FL

MODELING OF DOUBLE SHOCK INITIATION OF TATB-BASED EXPLOSIVES
Y. A. Aminov, N.S. Es’kov and Y. R. Nikitenko
Russian Federal Nuclear Center-VNIITF, Snezhinsk, Russia

APPLICATION OF A MULTIPHASE MIXTURE THEORY WITH COUPLED DAMAGE AND REACTION TO ENERGETIC MATERIAL RESPONSE  (Revised: 8/12/2002)
R. Schmitt, P. L. Taylor and G. Hertel
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

NUMERICAL AND THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS ON DETONATION-INERT CONFINEMENT INTERACTIONS
T. Aslam and J. Bdzil
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM

A STATISTICAL HOT SPOT REACTIVE FLOW MODEL FOR SHOCK INITIATION AND DETONATION OF SOLID HIGH EXPLOSIVES
A. Nichols and C. Tarver
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA

DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF WEAK SHOCKS IN GRANULAR MATERIAL
S. G. Bardenhagen
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
K. M. Roessig
Air Force Research Laboratory, Eglin Air Force Base, FL
O. Byutner, J. E. Guilkey, D. Bedrov and G. D. Smith
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

STEADY-STATE MODEL OF HETEROGENEOUS DETONATION WITH REACTIVE METALLIC PARTICLES
A. Gonor
Applied Science & Engineering Consulting, Toronto, Canada
I. Hooton
Defence Research Establishment Suffield, Medicine Hat, AB Canada
S. Narayan
Adsorption Technology Consultant, Kanata, ON Canada

ISOCHORIC BURN, AN INTERNALLY CONSISTENT METHOD FOR THE REACTANT TO PRODUCT TRANSFORMATION IN REACTIVE FLOW  (Revised: 8/15/2002)
J. E. Reaugh and E. L. Lee
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA

SIMULATION STUDY OF THE ELASTIC MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF HMX
T. Sewell
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
D. Bedrov and G. Smith
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

THERMAL DECOMPOSITION & AGING

NONDETONATIVE EXPLOSIONS AND BURNING OF COMPOSITION-B EXPLOSIVE
A. Birk, P. Baker, D. E. Kooker, R. Lieb and S. Stegall
U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
J. Delaney
U.S. Naval Explosive Ordnance, Indian Head, MD

THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF HMX: MORPHOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL CHANGES INDUCED AT SLOW DECOMPOSITION RATES
R. Behrens
Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA

SHOCK INITIATION OF NEW AND AGED PBX 9501
R. L. Gustavsen, S. A. Sheffield, R. R. Alcon and L. G. Hill
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM

THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF PETN AND HMX OVER A WIDE TEMPERATURE RANGE
V. German, S. Grebennikova, L. Kornilova, S. Lobanova and L. Fomicheva
Russian Federal Nuclear Center-VNIIEF, Sarov, Russia

EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF THE THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF URONIUM NITRATE (UREA NITRATE)
R. Hiyoshi
National Research Institute of Police Science
T. Brill
University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Y. Kohno, O. Takahashi, and K. Saito
Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

STUDY INTO THE INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE AND TIME FACTORS (160°C, 1-7 DAYS) ON HMX STRUCTURE
T.Y. Kirsanova, V. N. German, A. M. Zlobin, T. G. Kirianova, Y. S. Kozlova, V. N. Kolesnikova, S. P. Lobanova, Y. P. Orlikov, A. M. Podurets, A. K. Fisenko, L. V. Fomicheva
Russian Federal Nuclear Center-VNIIEF, Sarov, Russia

CHANGES IN THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF ENERGETIC MATERIALS WITH AGING
D. A. Wiegand
U.S. Army TACOM ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ

THERMAL PROPERTIES OF CRYSTALS AND POLYMERS AT STATIC HIGH PRESSURES
J. R. Carney, H. D. Ladouceur, T. P. Russell, and G. I. Pangilinan
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head, MD

QUASI-STATIC AND DYNAMIC MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF NEW AND VIRTUALLY-AGED PBX 9501 COMPOSITES AS A FUNCTION OF TEMPERATURE AND STRAIN RATE
D. Thompson, D. Idar, G. Gray, W. Blumenthal, C. Cady, E. Roemer, W. Wright and P. Peterson
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES DETERMINATION BY REAL-TIME ULTRASONIC CHARACTERIZATION OF THERMALLY DAMAGED ENERGETIC MATERIALS
A. S. Tappan, A. M. Renlund, J. C. Stachowiak, J. C. Miller and M. S. Oliver
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

EQUATIONS OF STATE

EXP6: A NEW EQUATION OF STATE LIBRARY FOR HIGH PRESSURE THERMOCHEMISTRY
L. Fried, W. M. Howard and P. C. Souers
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF FLUID MIXTURES AT HIGH PRESSURES AND TEMPERATURES. APPLICATION TO THE DETONATION PRODUCTS OF HMX
S. Bastea
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA

CMEX PROJECT: DEVELOPMENT OF A CONSTITUTIVE MODEL FOR CAST PLASTIC BONDED EXPLOSIVES
M. Quidot, P. Racimore and P. Chabin
SNPE Propulsion, France

DIRECT SIMULATION OF DETONATION PRODUCTS EQUATION OF STATE BY A COMPOSITE MONTE CARLO METHOD
M. S. Shaw
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM

COMPRESSIVE PROPERTIES OF PBXN-110 AND ITS HTPB -BASED BINDER AS A FUNCTION OF TEMPERATURE AND STRAIN RATE
W. Blumenthal, D. Thompson, C. Cady, G. T. Gray III and D. Idar
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM

THERMODYNAMIC REPRESENTATIONS FOR SOLID PRODUCTS IN IDEAL DETONATION PREDICTIONS
M. Braithwaite
Cranfield University, Swindon UK
N. Allan
University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

DETERMINATION OF JWL PARAMETERS FROM UNDERWATER EXPLOSION TEST  (Revised: 8/5/2002)
S. Itoh and H. Hamashima
Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
K. Murata and Y. Kato
NOF Corporation, Aichi, Japan

EQUATION OF STATE AND STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN DIAMINODINITROETHYLENE FROM EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES AND AB-INITIO QUANTUM CALCULATIONS
S. M. Peiris, C. P. Wong, M. M. Kukla and F. J. Zerilli
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head, MD

A WBL-CONSISTENT JWL EQUATION OF STATE FOR THE HMX-BASED EXPLOSIVE EDC37 FROM CYLINDER TESTS
P. W. Merchant, S. J. White and A. M. Collyer
AWE, Aldermaston, Berkshire, UK

REACTIVE FLOW MODELING OF THE INTERACTION OF TATB DETONATION WAVES WITH INERT MATERIALS  (Revised: 8/5/2002)
C. Tarver and E. McGuire
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA

THE LEVEL SET METHOD APPLIED TO THREE-DIMENSIONAL DETONATION WAVE PROPAGATION
W. Shanggang, S. Chengwei, Z. Feng, and C. Jun
Laboratory for Shock Wave and Detonation Physics Research, Mianyang, Sichuan

FAILURE & STABILITY

FRACTURE IN PBX 9501 AT LOW RATES
C. Liu and R. Browning
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM

PROPAGATION OF DETONATION WAVES IN RADIALLY GRADED EXPLOSIVES  (Updated: 8/9/2002)
R. Guirguis, A. Landsberg, H. Sandusky, and A. Wardlaw
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head, MD

ON THE DETONATION FAILURE DIAMETER OF THE DINA/ACETONITRIL SOLUTION  (Revised: 7/18/2002)
A. N. Dremin, A. V. Anan'in, V. A. Garanin, L. T. Eremenko, S. A. Koldunov, Y. M. Litvinov and D. A. Nesterenko
Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Chernogolovka, Russia

PROPAGATION OF AXIALLY SYMMETRIC DETONATION WAVES
R. Druce, F. Roeske, P. C. Souers, C. Tarver, C. Chow, R. Lee, E. McGuire, G. Overturf, P. Vitello
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA

CHARACTERIZATION OF DETONATION WAVE PROPAGATION IN LX-17 NEAR THE CRITICAL DIAMETER  (Updated by author: 7/25/2002)
T. Tran, C. Tarver, J. Maienschein, P. Lewis, M. Moss, R. Lee and F. Roeske
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA

EFFECT OF POLYMORPH TRANSFORMATION OF ÍÌÕ AFTER THERMAL TREATMENT ON ITS SENSITIVITY TO IMPACT FRICTION
V. N. Lashkov, O. L. Ignatov, V. N. Lobanov, A. V. Strikanov, A. N. Shestakov
Russian Federal Nuclear Center-VNIIEF, Sarov, Russia

CRITICAL CONDITIONS FOR IGNITION OF METAL PARTICLES IN A CONDENSED EXPLOSIVE
D. Frost
McGill University, Montreal, Canada
F. Zhang and S. Murray
Defence Research Establishment Suffield, Alberta, Canada
S. McCahan
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

SHEAR DEFORMATION AND SHEAR INITIATION OF EXPLOSIVES AND PROPELLANTS
B. Krzewinski, O. Blake, R. Lieb, P. Baker
U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
L. VandeKieft
Street, MD 21154

JOINTS, CRACKS, AND GAPS IN DETONATING EXPLOSIVES  (Updated: 2/4/2003)
W. Davis and L. Hill
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM

MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF ENERGETIC MATERIALS DURING HIGH ACCELERATION
Y. Lanzerotti
U.S. Army TACOM ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ
J. Sharma
Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division, West Bethesda, MD

THEORY METHODS

MOLECULAR LEVEL STUDIES OF POLY-NITROGEN EXPLOSIVES  (Revised: 7/17/2002)
P. J. Haskins, J. Fellows, and M. D. Cook
QinetiQ, Fort Halstead, UK
A. Wood
RG Solutions Ltd, Kent, UK

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS OF DETONATION IN DEFECTIVE EXPLOSIVE CRYSTALS  (Revised: 7/19/2002)
T. Germann, B. Holian and P. Lomdahl
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
A. J. Heim and N. Grønbech-Jensen
University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA
J. B. Maillet
CEA/DM-Ile de France, France

THERMODYNAMIC THEORY OF NON-IDEAL DETONATION AND FAILURE
W. Byers Brown
Mass Action Research Consultancy & University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

AB INITIO MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS OF MULTIMOLECULAR COLLISIONS OF NITROMETHANE AND COMPRESSED LIQUID NITROMETHANE  (Revised: 7/19/2002)
S. S. Decker and T. K. Woo
University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
D. Wei
Centre de Recherche en Calcul Appliqué, Montréal, Canada
F. Zhang
Defence Research Establishment Suffield, Medicine Hat, Canada

STUDY OF PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN DETONATION WAVE BY THE ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY METHOD  (Revised: 8/6/2002)
S. Gilev and A. Trubachev
Lavrentev Institute of Hydrodynamics, Novosibirsk, Russia

NEW EXPLOSIVE COMPOUNDS

DETONATION PROPERTIES AND REACTION RATE MODELING OF MELT CAST AMMONIUM DINITRAMIDE (ADN)
H. Östmark, A. Helte, S. Karlsson, A. Hahma and H. Edvinsson
Swedish Defence Research Agency, FOI, Sweden

SHOCK INITIATION AND DETONABILITY OF ISOPROPYL NITRATE
F. Zhang and S. Murray
Defence R&D Canada - Suffield, Medicine Hat, Alberta, T1A 8K6, Canada
A. Yoshinaka
G-Zero, Medicine Hat, Alberta, T1A 1M1 Canada
A. Higgins
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2K6, Canada

SMALL-SCALE SAFETY AND PERFORMANCE CHARACTERIZATION OF NEW PLASTIC BONDED EXPLOSIVES CONTAINING LLM-105  (Updated by author: 7/25/2002)
T. Tran, P. Pagoria, M. Hoffman, B. Cunningham, R. Simpson, R. S. Lee, and J. Cutting
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA

DETONATION AND SENSITIVITY PROPERTIES OF FOX-7 AND FORMULATIONS CONTAINING FOX-7  (Revised: 8/5/2002)
S. Karlsson, H. Östmark, C. Eldsäter, T. Carlsson , H. Bergman, S.Wallin, and A.Pettersson
Swedish Defence Research Agency, FOI, Sweden

SAFETY-RELATED RESPONSES

LOW SPEED IMPACT OF PRISTINE AND AGED SOLID HIGH EXPLOSIVE
S. Wortley and A. Jones
AWE Aldermaston, UK
M. Cartwright and J. Allum
Royal Military College of Science, Cranfield University, Shrivenham, Wiltshire, UK

EXPERIMENTAL AND MODELING STUDIES OF CRUSH, PUNCTURE, AND PERFORATION SCENARIOS IN THE STEVEN IMPACT TEST
K. S. Vandersall, S. K. Chidester, J. W. Forbes, F. Garcia, D. W. Greenwood, L. L. Switzer, and C. M. Tarver
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA

QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF DAMAGE IN PBX 9501 SUBJECTED TO A LINEAR THERMAL GRADIENT
B. Asay, , B. Henson, P. Peterson, J. Mang, L. Smilowitz, and P. Dickson
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM

A TEST METHOD AND MODEL TO DETERMINE THE THERMAL INITIATION PROPERTIES OF AN ENERGETIC MATERIAL IN A LOW PRESSURE LONG DURATION EVENT
J. G. Glenn and J. Foster
Air Force Research Laboratory, Eglin Air Force Base, FL
M. Gunger and J. Yao
General Dynamics/Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Niceville, FL
A. Beliveau
Applied Research Associates, FL

THERMAL AND MECHANICAL DAMAGE OF PBX'S
G. Scholtes, R. Bouma, P. Weterings, and A. van der Steen.
TNO Prins Maurits Laboratory, The Netherlands

L. Smilowitz, B. Henson, B. Asay and P. Dickson
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM

ENERGETIC MATERIAL RESPONSE IN A COOKOFF MODEL VALIDATION EXPERIMENT
A. I. Atwood, P. O. Curran, D. T. Bui, T. L. Boggs
Naval Air Warfare Center China Lake, Ridgecrest, CA
K. B. Lee
Agency for Defense Development, Daejeon, South Korea

SINGLE AND DOUBLE SHOCK INITIATION OF EDC37
D. A. Salisbury, P. Taylor, and R. E. Winter
AWE, Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire, UK
R. L. Gustavsen, S. A. Sheffield and R. R. Alcon
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM

INFLUENCE OF MECHANICAL PROPERTIES ON NON-SHOCK IGNITION
R. Browning and R. Scammon
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM

CHARACTERIZATION OF THE UNCONFINED SLOW COOK-OFF RESPONSE OF NITRAMINES AND NITRAMINE COMPOSITES WITH TNT
T. Krawietz, R. McKenney Jr. and R. Ortiz
Air Force Research Laboratory, Eglin Air Force Base, FL

A MODEL FOR HIGH EXPLOSIVE COOKOFF
A. L. Nichols III, A. Anderson, R. Neely and B. Wallin
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA

PROGRESS IN STATISTICAL CRACK MECHANICS: AN APPROACH TO INITIATION
J. K. Dienes, J. Middleditch, J. D. Kershner, Q. Zuo and A. Starobin
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM

COOK-OFF EXPERIMENTS FOR MODEL VALIDATION AT SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES  (Revised: 7/30/2002)
M. J. Kaneshige, A. M. Renlund, R. G. Schmitt and W. W. Erikson
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

STRUCTURAL AND CHEMICAL CHANGES IN PBX INDUCED BY RAPID SHEAR FOLLOWED BY COMPRESSION  (Revised: 8/5/2002)
S. Lecume and P. Chabin
SNPE Propulsion, France
A. Lefrancois
French Ministry of Defense DGA/DCE/CEG/ Centre d'Etudes de Gramat, Gramat, France

UNDERSTANDING AND PREDICTING THE THERMAL EXPLOSION VIOLENCE OF HMX-BASED AND RDX-BASED EXPLOSIVES - EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS OF MATERIAL PROPERTIES AND REACTION VIOLENCE
J. Maienschein, J. Wardell, R. Weese B. Cunningham, and Tri D. Tran
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA

PRESSURE WAVE MEASUREMENTS DURING THERMAL EXPLOSION OF HMX-BASED HIGH EXPLOSIVES  (Revised: 7/31/2002)
J. W. Forbes, F. Garcia, C. M. Tarver, P. A. Urtiew, D. W. Greenwood and K. S. Vandersall
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA

EFFECT OF THERMAL NONHOMOGENEITY ON EXPLOSION OR DETONATION IN AN ANNULAR COOKOFF  (Revised: 8/7/2002)
D. Schwendeman and A. Kapila
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York

A COMBINED EXPERIMENTAL/NUMERICAL METHODOLOGY TO ASSESS THE SENSITIVITY OF PBX's  (Revised: 7/25/2002)
P. Chabin, P. Brunet, and S. Lecume
SNPE Propulsion, France

VALIDATION EXPERIMENTS FOR MODELING SLOW COOK-OFF  (Revised: 8/7/2002)
H. W. Sandusky and G. P. Chambers
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head, MD
W. W. Erikson and R. G. Schmitt
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico

A BURN MODEL BASED ON HEATING DUE TO SHEAR FLOW: PROOF OF PRINCIPLE CALCULATIONS  (Revised: 7/25/2002)
F. J. Zerilli, R. H. Guirguis, and C. S. Coffey
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head, ND

INITIATION MODELING

THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MESOSCALE STUDIES OF IMPACT-LOADED GRANULAR EXPLOSIVE AND SIMULANT MATERIALS
M. R. Baer and W. M. Trott
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

EXPLOITATION OF SOME MICRO-MECHANICAL CONCEPTS TO DEVELOP AN ENGINEERING MODEL OF SHOCK INITIATION
P. Howe
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
David Benson
University of California, San Diego, CA

EVIDENCE FOR THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM IN THE DETONATION OF HMX
B. F. Henson, L. Smilowitz, B. W. Asay, P. M. Dickson, and P. M. Howe
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM

MODELING REACTIVE COMPACTION OF HMX
K. Gonthier
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

A THRESHOLD CRITERION FOR IMPACT IGNITION  (Revised: 7/29/2002)
Y. Partom
RAFAEL, Haifa, Israel

MESOSCALE MODELLING OF REACTION IN HMX-BASED EXPLOSIVES
D. Swift and R. Mulford
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
R. Winter, P. Taylor , D. Salisbury, and E. J. Harris
AWE Aldermaston, UK

ON THE CHARACTERIZATION AND MECHANISMS OF SHOCK INITIATION IN HETEROGENEOUS EXPLOSIVES  (Revised: 11/22/2002)
L. Hill and R. Gustavsen
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM

MODELING DETONATION PROPAGATION AND FAILURE USING EXPLOSIVE INITIATION MODELS IN A CONVENTIONAL HYDROCODE
J. Starkenberg
U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD

INVESTIGATION INTO RESEARCH DATA ON HE SENSITIVITY TO IMPACT
V. Vasipenko, V. N. German, D. A. Kashcheev and L. V. Fomicheva
Russian Federal Nuclear Center-VNIIEF, Sarov, Russia

INITIATION OF DETONATION IN LIQUID EXPLOSIVES BY A REFLECTED SHOCK WAVE
A. Higgins, F. X Jetté and A. Yoshinaka
McGill University, Montreal, Canada
F. Zhang
Defence Research Establishment Suffield, Alberta, Canada

A SURFACE BURNING MODEL FOR MELT CAST TNT
R. Guirguis
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head, MD

EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES

EFFECTS OF EXPLOSIVE CRYSTAL INTERNAL DEFECTS ON PROJECTILE IMPACT INITIATION
L. Borne and A. Beaucamp
French-German Research Institute of Saint-Louis, France

THE USE OF DIGITAL IMAGE CROSS-CORRELATION (DICC) TO STUDY THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF A POLYMER BONDED EXPLOSIVE (PBX)
P. J. Rae, H. T. Goldrein, S. J. P. Palmer, and J. E. Field
Cavendish Laboratory, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 OHE, U.K.
R. W. P. White and A. L. Lewis
AWE Ltd. Aldermaston, Reading, RG7 4PR, U.K.

DIGITAL SPECKLE RADIOGRAPHY OF EXPLOSIVES
S. G. Grantham, W. G. Proud and J. E. Field
Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, UK

PROTON RADIOGRAPHIC AND NUMERICAL MODELING OF COLLIDING, DIVERGING PBX-9502 DETONATIONS
C. L. Mader, J. D. Zumbro and E. N. Ferm
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM

MEASUREMENTS OF TEMPORAL PROFILES OF PRESSURE IN SHOCKS PROPAGATING IN WATER
G. I. Pangilinan and T. P. Russell
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head, MD

ENERGETIC MATERIALS AND ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY: STRUCTURE AND KINETICS
B. L. Weeks, R. K. Weese, and J. M. Zaug
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA

DIRECT OBSERVATION OF COOK-OFF EVENTS USING A NOVEL GLASS WINDOWED VEHICLE AND PIPE BOMBS  (Revised: 8/7/2002)
M. D. Cook, R. I. Briggs, C. Stennett, P. J. Haskins, and J. Fellows
QinetiQ, MoD Fort Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent TN14 7BP, UK

KINETICS OF HMX AND PHASE TRANSITIONS: EFFECTS OF GRAIN SIZE AT ELEVATED TEMPEARTURE
C. K. Saw
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA

MOLECULAR AND MICROSCOPIC STRUCTURAL EFFECTS IN THE DETONATION OF FLUID EXPLOSIVES
J. Cooper
Cranfield University, Swindon, UK
G. A. Leiper
Ardfeidh Associates, Ard Feidh, UK
G. W. Neilson and H. H. Wills
University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

TEMPERATURE PROFILE CALCULATION FROM EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY MEASUREMENTS IN NITROMETHANE SUBMITTED TO PLATE IMPACTS  (Revised: 8/6/2002)
V. Bouyer, G. Baudin and C. Le Gallic
French Ministry of Defense DGA/DCE/CEG/ Centre d'Etudes de Gramat, Gramat, France
I. Darbord and P. Hervé
LEEE, Paris X University, Ville d'Avray, France

NEW INNOVATIONS IN SHOCK DIAGNOSTICS & ANALYSIS USING HIGH-SPEED MULTI-POINT VELOCIMETRY (VISAR)
K. Fleming, T. Broyles, V. Loyola and G. Clark
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

ON THE BACKWARD SUPERDETONATION IN HOMOGENEOUS EXPLOSIVES
O. Heuzé and F. Chaissé
CEA/DIF, France

MACRO- AND MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF TATB SAMPLES SUBMITTED TO A COMBINED THERMAL / MECHANICAL AGGRESSION
C. Le Gallic, M. Labrunie, F. Davoine, P. Bouinot, A. Lefrançois
French Ministry of Defense DGA/DCE/CEG/ Centre d'Etudes de Gramat, Gramat, France
R. Belmas
CEA/Le Ripault, Monts, France

THE USE OF EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES OF RADIATION PHYSICS TO THE INVESTIGATION ON EXPLOSIVE PROCESSES
B. P. Aduev, E. D. Aluker, A. G. Krechetov and Yu A. Zakharov
Kemerovo State University, Kemerovo, Russia

MEASUREMENTS OF UNDERWATER EXPLOSION PERFORMANCES BY PRESSURE GAUGE USING FLUOROPOLYMER
K. Murata, K. Takahashi and Y. Kato
NOF Corporation, Aichi, Japan

THE SCALED THERMAL EXPLOSION EXPERIMENT
J. Wardell and J. Maienschein
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA

INDEXES OF THE PROCEEDINGS FOR THE ELEVEN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIA ON DETONATION 1951-1998
B. W. Asay, W. E. Deal, J. B. Ramsay, A. M. Roach and B. E. Takala
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM

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