| MONDAY |
Keynote Speaker
Chairs: G.D. Knowlton & L.D. Sadwin |
| 8:10 | The International/National Nanotechnology Initiatives - Big Expectations for Small Structures | James Murday | USA |
High Explosives-I
Chairs: G.D. Knowlton & L.D. Sadwin |
| 9:00 | A Small-Scale Safety Test for Initiation Components | J.L. Cutting, C. Chow, H. Chau, R.L. Hodgin, R.S. Lee | USA |
| 9:20 | Some Simplified Approaches to the Estimation of the Heat of Formation and Detonation Properties of Energetic Materials | Michael W. Barnes | USA |
| 9:40 | Performance Parameters of Explosives: Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium Reactions | F. Volk and H. Bathelt | Germany |
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Thermal
Chairs: G.R. Laib & R. Webb |
| 10:20 | Effect of Scale on Slow Cook-Off Studies of Explosives
[Bursary Award] | Octávia Frota, Nigel Davies, Alan Bailey | Portugal/UK |
| 10:40 | CO2 Laser Radiation Influence on the Solid Organic Materials | Boris N. Kondrikov, L. T. DeLuca | Russia/Italy |
| 11:00 | Computer-aided study of SHS systems under impact and electrothermal explosion | V.A. Gorelski, A. Yu. Smolin, A.S. Shteinberg | Russia |
| 11:20 | Cartridge Actuated Devices (CAD) Service Life Determination and Extension by Microcalorimetry | Anton Chin, Daniel S. Ellison | USA |
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Invited Speaker
Chairs: D. Mueller & S.F. Son |
| 1:00 | Heterogeneous Combustion with Nanomaterials | A.N. Pivkina, S.A. Zavyalov, P. Ulyanova, Y.V. Frolov | Russia |
Propellants-I
Chairs: D. Mueller & S.F. Son |
| 1:40 | Development and Characterization of Non-Azide Automotive Airbag Generant Systems | Daniel P. McFadden, Gregory D. Knowlton | USA |
| 2:00 | Azodicarbonamidine Dinitrate - A High Nitrogen Self-Deflagrating Fuel for Use in Pyrotechnic Gas Generators and Propellants | N.H. Lundstrom, A.J. Gresco, R.S. Scheffee | USA |
| 2:20 | Hydrogen Peroxide Propellant Systems | Mark C. Grubelich | USA |
| 2:40 | Selected Observations on the Combustion of Charcoal Briquets Utilized for the Outdoor Preparation of Food I. Experimental Procedures and Measurements | James L. Austing, Michael L. Austing | USA |
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Combustion
Chairs:N. Kubota & A.C. Munger |
| 3:20 | Super-Rate Burning of LiF Catalyzed HMX Pyrolants
[Bursary Award] | Hidefumi Shibamoto, Naminosuke Kubota | Japan |
| 3:40 | Flame Arrester Operations: Application to Methane-Based Gaseous Systems | Pascal Bauer | France |
| 4:00 | Study on Burning Characteristics of Heterogeneous Condensed Systems with Aluminium | Yu. Frolov | Russia |
| 4:20 | Combustion of Boron Pyrolants | Iwao Komai, Naminosuke Kubota | Japan |
| 4:40 | Combustion of GAP/AN Pyrolants | Ichiro Aoki, Naminosuke Kubota | Japan |
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| TUESDAY |
Invited Speaker
Chairs: A.E. Cardell & F.J. Valenta |
| 8:00 | Formation, Characterization, and Reactivity of Nanoenergetic Powders | Jan A. Puszynski | USA |
Nanoparticles-I
Chairs: A.E. Cardell & F.J. Valenta |
| 8:40 | Propagation Studies of Metastable Intermolecular Composites (MIC) | Steven F. Son, J.R. Busse, B.W. Asay, P.D. Peterson, J.T. Mang, B. Bockmon, M.L. Pantoya | USA |
| 9:00 | Effect of Binder Loading and Application on Mixture Homogeneity, Ignition Sensitivities, and Burn Times for Pyrotechnic Compositions with Alex | Caroline K. Wilharm, Robert G. Shortridge | USA |
| 9:20 | Nano-Particles in Aluminum Combustion | Igor G. Assovskiy | Russia |
| 9:40 | Energetic Nanocomposites with Sol-Gel Chemistry: Synthesis, Safety, and Characterization | A.E. Gash, R.L. Simpson, J.H. Satcher, Jr. | USA |
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Poster Session
10:20-12:00 |
| | The Power of Nano-Energetics | Ronald W. Armstrong. K. Kline, M.P. Kramer, W.H. Wilson | USA |
| | Selected Observations on the Combustion of Charcoal Briquets Utilized for the Outdoor Preparation of Food II. Derivation of Reaction Kinetics Relationships | James L. Austing | USA |
| | Selected Observations on the Combustion of Charcoal Briquets Utilized for the Outdoor Preparation of Food III. Correlation of Reaction Kinetics Data | James L. Austing | USA |
| | New Synthetic Route to Diaminonitropyrazole as Precursor of Energetic Materials | Perrine Badol, Jerome Guillard, Fany Goujon, Didier Poullain | France |
| | The Use of a Low Cost Scalable Vehicle for Fast and Slow Cook-Off | Octávia Frota, Nigel Davies, Alan Bailey | Portugal/UK |
| | Thermal Decomposition of TATB | L. Gautier, D. Poullain, G. Thévenot, R. Belmas | France |
| | Study on Decreasing the Visible Light Output of Infrared Flare | Pan Gongpei, Zhou Zunning, Guan Hua, Li Yi | China |
| | Method for the Estimation of Heavy Metal Deposit Range of the Open Surface Mass Explosions | Martti Hagfors, M. Hokkanen | Finland |
| | Estimation of the Effects of Heavy Metal Emissions on Soil Caused by the Open Surface Mass Detonations | Martti Hagfors, M. Hokkanen | Finland |
| | Destruction of Smoke Grenades under Water | Tomas Carlsson, Martin Johansson, Joakim Hägvall | Sweden |
| | Toxicity Evaluation of Orange Signalling Smoke | Matti Hemmilä, Maija Hihkiö, Matti Harkoma, Kaija Linnainmaa | Finland |
| | Sub-Munition Dispersion System for Two-Stage Ejection | Hyun-Jin Ko, Bong-Yeop Park, Sang-Jin Park, Yoon-Suk Kim, Wang-Sik Ham | South Korea |
| | Thermodynamic Characterization of the Shock Compressed Organic Liquids | Boris N. Kondrikov | Russia |
| | Numerical Simulation on Unreacted Hugoniot for High Explosive | Shiro Kubota, Junihito Nagayama, Hideki Shimada, Kikuo Matsui | Japan |
| | Off-board Infrared Countermeasure Performance Measurements Using a Gas Gun | J. Leach, L.V. Krishnamoorthy, and S. Kollias | Australia |
| | Formulations of TATB/AI and TATB/MIC 1. Preparation and Initial Characterization | K.-Y. Lee, B.W. Asay, J.E. Kennedy, S.F. Son, M.S. Campbell, P.D. Peterson, E.L. Roemer | USA |
| | Advanced Fire Protection Deluge System (Cutting Edge Technology & Transition to Private Industry) | Robert A. Loyd | USA |
| | PETN Powder Initiation Characteristics by Laser Ablation Induced Plasma Flow | Kunihito Nagayama, Hazunari Inou, Kouhei Murahami, Shiro Kubota, Motonao Nakahara | Japan |
| | Plasma Synthesis of Nanoaluminum Powders | Kurt Schroeder | USA |
| | Pyrotechnics by Alexander P. Hardt, PhD | Alex Schuman | USA |
| | Comparison of Several Techniques to Evaluate Percussion Primer Performance | Frank J. Valenta and Aubrey J.(Jay) Dalton | USA |
| | Peculiarities of Combustion of Mg/Sr (NO3)2 and Mg/Ba (NO3)2 Mixtures | N.M. Varyonykh, N.V. Obeziyaev, Yu E. Sheludyak | Russia |
| | Nano-Aluminum Production at Technanogy | Kevin C. Walter, Doug Carpenter, Robert Dye, David Pesiri, H.E. Rogers, Debbie Sheldon, R. Tacker | USA |
| | Double Base Propellant Decomposition | Robert Weinheimer, William B. Sanborn | USA |
| | A Resourceful Way to Utilize Expired Propellant (EP) - A Study on the Making of Environment-Friendly Firework Powders from EP | Liu Yahai, Pan Renming, Chen Lianjie | China |
| | Green Propellant with High Temperature Stability for Micro Gas Generators for Automotive Safety | Christian Perotto and Laurent Banes | USA |
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Pyrotechnics-I
Chairs:H.J. Ko & K.J. Smit |
| 1:00 | Processing of M-206 Infrared (IR) Decoy Flare Composition on a Twin Screw Mixer/Extruder | Kristin Jasinkiewicz, Chuck Wagner | USA |
| 1:20 | Unsteady Dynamics of Squib-Powered Pyrotechnic Devices | Hobin S. Lee | USA |
| 1:40 | A Comparative Study of Illuminating Compositions Based on HTBP & BR-80 Binders | R.S. Palaiah, P.H. Joshi, S.S. Deo, M.H. Valiv, B.R. Thakur, J.P. Agrawal | India |
| 2:00 | Shelf Life Prediction of a Rocket Motor Igniter | Beat Berger, Heinz Brechbühl, Wim de Klerk | Switzerland/ Netherlands |
| 2:20 | Recovery and Reuse of Magnesium from Pyrotechnic Flares | Sara K. Poehlein, Dan Burch, Richard Ames, Raymond Goldstein | USA |
| 2:40 | In-Situ Landmine Neutralization Using Chemicals to Initiate Low Order Burning of Main Charge | Divyakant L. Patel, James Dillon, and Noel Wright | USA |
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Smoke
Chairs: E.-C. Koch & C. Lohkamp |
| 3:20 | An Investigation of Failures to Function of a Red Phosphorus Marine Marker | Tracy A. Vine, W. Fletcher | UK |
| 3:40 | Comparison of Different Condensation Smokes on the Obscuration of Infrared and Visible Light | Ken J. Smit, P. Berry, A. Lee, N. Potticary, M. Stringer | Australia |
| 4:00 | The Derivation of a Figure of Merit Model for Obscurant Materials | David A. Holley, Andrew O. Burn, Peter J.D. Collins | UK |
| 4:20 | The Estimation of Extinction Properties of Obscurant Clouds by Modelling the Fundamental Electromagnetic Scattering Properties of Individual Particles | P.G. Appleyard, N. Davies | UK |
| 4:40 | Modelling the Obscurant Properties of Particles | P.G. Appleyard, N. Davies | UK |
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| WEDNESDAY |
Invited Speaker
Chairs: Yu. V. Frolov & S.K. Pohlein |
| 8:00 | Microstructural Characterization of Energetic Materials | P.D. Peterson, J.T. Mang, S.F. Son, B.W. Asay, M.F. Fletcher, R.P. Hjelm, and E.L. Roemer | USA |
Nanoparticles-II
Chairs: Yu. V. Frolov & S.K. Pohlein |
| 8:40 | A Technique to Prepare Aluminized Nanosized Explosives | A.N. Jigatch, I.O. Leipunsky, M.L. Kuskov, P.A. Pshechenkov, M.N. Larichev, V.G. Krasovsky, M.F. Gogulya | Russia |
| 9:00 | Ongoing Characterization of Passivated Aluminum Nanopowders | Q.S.M. Kwok, R. C. Fouchard, A.-M. Turcotte, Z. Abdel-Qader, D.E.G. Jones | Canada |
| 9:20 | Synthesis of New Energetic Thermoplastic Elastomers Based on Glycidyl Azide Polymer | Emmanuela Diaz, G. Ampleman, R.E. Prud'homme | Canada |
| 9:40 | Polymer Nanocomposites: ETPE/Alex | Emmanuela Diaz, P. Brousseau, G. Ampleman, R.E. Prud'homme | Canada |
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Propellants-II
Chairs: R. Branka & R.L. Simpson |
| 10:20 | Low Temperature Coefficient (LTC) Gun Propellants | Dietmar Mueller | Germany |
| 10:40 | Study of Energetic Plasticizer DANPE in Triple Base Gun Propellant | M.M. Joshi, C R. Dayanandan, M.J. Kohadkar, A.G.S. Pillai, Amarjit Singh | India |
| 11:00 | Dynamic Mechanical Behavior of PBX at High Strain Rate | Luo Jingrun, Chen Yuze, Li Dahong, and Zhang Shouqi | China |
| 11:20 | The Solid Rocket Propellants Center-Pulsating Burning Mode and Non-Stationary Hydrodynamical Processes under the Burning Surface | Alexander N. Lukin | Russia |
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| THURSDAY |
Invited Speaker
Chairs: C.R. Dayanandan & Q.S.M. Kwok |
| 8:00 | Nano-Particle Aluminum in Explosives | Patrick Brousseau, H.E.Dorsett, M.D. Cliff | Canada/
Australia |
High Explosives-II
Chairs: C.R. Dayanandan & Q.S.M. Kwok |
| 8:40 | Stability of Low Velocity Detonation in High Density Charges of Solid Explosives | Boris N. Kondrikov | Russia |
| 9:00 | High-Nitrogen Explosives | D.L. Naud, M.A. Hiskey, J.F. Kramer, R. Bishop, H. Harry, S.F. Son, G. Sullivan | USA |
| 9:20 | The Preparation and Properties of a New Class of Energetic High-Nitrogen Compounds: Triazolo-aminotriazinyl-1,2,3,5-tetrazine (H3T) and Related Salts | William M. Koppes, Michael E. Sitzmann, Richard D. Gilardi | USA |
| 9:40 | Shock Attenuation Behaviour in PMMA Gap Using Direct Pressure Measurement | Atsumi Miyake, S. Mori, T. Ogawa, Y. Ogata, H. Arai | Japan |
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Propellants-III/Pyrotechnics-II
Chairs: D.L. Naud & A. Miyake |
| 10:20 | Safe Storage Life Predictions of Aryl Amine Stabilized Nitrate Ester Based Gun Propellants Containing Contaminants | S.M. Caulder and J.A. Mackey | USA |
| 10:40 | Liquid Pyrophoric Technology for Sub-Scale Aerial Targets | Paul Brière, Bruno Gilbert, Gregory J. Smallwood, Michel St-Onge, Douglas Stark, and Norm Papke | Canada/
USA |
| 11:00 | A Study of the Pyrotechnic Performance of the Silicon-Caesium Nitrate Pyrotechnic System | Beat Berger, S.D. Brown, E.L. Charsley, J.J. Rooney, R.P. Claridge, T.T. Griffiths | Switzerland/
UK |
| 11:20 | Development of a New Design for the M119 Whistling Simulator | Eric R. Bixon, Gary Chen, Frank Gagliardi, and Gene Venable | USA |
| 11:40 | Safety Guidelines for Low-Power Laser Illumination on Exposed High Explosives and Metals in Contact with High Explosives with Calculational Results | Jerry Benterou, Frank Roeske, Paul Wilkins, Kenneth Carpenter | USA |
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High Explosives-III
Chairs: M. Hihkio & R.S. Lee |
| 1:00 | Detonation-Like Phenomena in A1/S Mixture | Alexander Yu Dolgoborodov, M.F. Gogulya, M.N. Makhov, M.A. Brazhnikov, V.E. Fortov | Russia |
| 1:20 | Development of Pin Type Slapper Detonator for In-Line Fuzing Applications | Moon Ho Lee, Sang Moo Lee, Hyun Jin Ko, Dong II Kang, Sung Hyun Baik, Jun Sik Hwang | South Korea |
| 1:40 | Mechanism of Exploding Bridgewire and Direct Laser Initiation of Low-Density PETN | James E. Kennedy, J.W. Early, K.A. Thomas, I.A. Garcia, C.S. Lester, and N.J. Burnside | USA |
| 2:00 | Fast Laser Diode Ignition of CP and BNCP | Everett Hafenrichter, Bill Marshall, Kevin Fleming | USA |
| 2:20 | Approximate Calculation of Cavity Radius for Explosive Lining in Soil | Wang Liqiong, Wang Hailiang, Feng Changgen, Zhang Suming | China |
| 2:40 | Parameters Determination on the JWL Equation of State for Detonation Product of Aluminized Explosive | Yu Chuan, Gui Yulin | China |
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| FRIDAY |
Pyrotechnics-III
Chairs: L.L. Brown & M.C. Grubelich |
| 8:00 | Government-Contractor Teaming to Improve the Mk 141 Diversionary Charge Delay Manufacturing Process | John Stockinger/Teresa Reed | USA |
| 8:20 | Optimizing Pyrotechnic Color Compositions Using Thermodynamic Modeling | Rutger Webb and Murk van Rooijen | Netherlands |
| 8:40 | Development of a Heat Transfer Delay | Christian W. Salafia, Gregory D. Knowlton | USA |
| 9:00 | Characterization of Fe/KC10(sub 4) Heat Powders for Thermal Batteries | Ronald A. Guidotti, Judy Odinek, Frederick W. Reinhardt | USA |
| 9:20 | Ignitability and Combustion of Pyrotechnics under Vacuum and Rarefied Atmospheric Conditions | Roger L. Schneider | USA |
| 9:40 | Simple Finite Element Modelling Applied to the Problems in Energetic Materials Characterisation: Design of Pyrotechnic Devices and Explosives Calorimetric Studies | Martin Braithwaite, N. Davies, W.C. Evans, P.D. Lightfoot | UK/Australia/
Canada |
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Pyrotechnics-IV
Chairs: O. Frota & G. Hendrickx |
| 10:20 | Lead-Free Electric Matches | S.F. Son, M.A. Hiskey, D.L. Naud, J.R. Busse, B.W. Asay | USA |
| 10:40 | Investigation of an Incident that Occurred During the Processing of an Aluminium-Barium Nitrate Pyrotechnic Composition | A.E. Cardell, R.P. Claridge, D.W. Garrett, T.T. Griffiths, and R.P. Stevens | UK |
| 11:00 | Failure Analysis of Marine Location Markers | K. Fisher, M. May, C. Lohkamp, A. Phipps, D. Lagrange, J. Bennett, N. Thomas, L. Phelps, B. Quigley, Mark Helms | USA |
| 11:20 | Environmental Implications of Pyrotechnic Training in an Impact Area--Perchlorate Contamination | Diane M. Curry, Jay L. Clausen, Joseph Robb, Ben Gregson | USA |
