Insensitive Munitions & Energetic Materials Technology Symposium
"Delivering Mission Critical, Innovative Insensitive Munitions & Energetic Materials Solutions to the Warfighter in a Challenging Budget Environment"
7 - 10 October 2013
San Diego, CA
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Plenary Session: Global IMEM Perspectives and Trends
- 16180 - MSIAC – Supporting the Munitions Safety Community, Mr. Michael Sharp
- 16173 - French Murat (IM) Policy - A New Impetus, Dr. Pierre-Francois Peron
- 16117 - IM State of the Art, Mr. Manfred R Becker
- 16150 - Overview of US Manufacturing Capabilities For Critical IM / EM Ingredients and Products, Mr. Mike Ervin
- 16144 - Energetic Materials Standards – Fundamental Data Supporting the Munition Life-cycle Safety Assessment, Dr. Irmeli Tuukkanen
- 16207 - STANAG 4439 Mandatory Reactions & AOP39 Response Descriptors: Feed-back and Considerations From IM Industry, Mr. M Yves Guengant
- MSIAC L-150 - A Stairway to Knowledge, Mr. Jon Toreheim
Breakout Presentations
Session 3A - Synthesis of Energetic Materials
- 16199 - Energetic Ingredients Research For Freedm Program, Dr. David Price
- 15978 - Development of Insensitive Energetic Plasticizer, Dr. Jin Seuk Kim
- 16092 - Large Scale Production of Improved Crystal Quality RDX, Dr. Sarah A Headrick
- 16100 - Synthesis of Energetic Materials, Professor Chang-Ha Lee
Session 3B - Testing: Thermal Emphasis
- 16116 - Fuel Fire Experts Work on Propane as an Alternate Heating Source For the Fast Heating Test, Mr. Manfred R. Becker
- 16204 - The Development of a Clean Fast Cook-off Test in the Netherlands, Mr. Gert H Scholtes
- 16003 - Experimental Development of a Propane Burner For Fast Cook-off Testing, Dr. Jon J. Yagla
- 16154 - Low Cost Heat Flux and Flame Temperature Characterization of NATO Standard Kerosene Pool Fires, Dr. Fabien Chassagne
- 16213 - The Sand Bed Burner and the Adiabatic Surface Temperature Probe – The Future Equipment For Fast Cook-off Testing, Mr. Jon Toreheim
- Testing – Thermal Emphasis, Mr. Kenneth Graham
Session 4A - Energetic Formulations
- 16297 - A Comparison of Different Approaches to Improve Insensitive Munitions in High Performance Castable Explosives, Dr. Robert Hatch
- 16109 - Reclamation and Reformulation of TATB From PBX-9502 and LX-17, Dr. Jacob Morris
- 16152 - Formulation and Characterizations of Nanoenergetic Compositions With Improved Safety, Mrs. Anne Wuillaume
Session 4B - Systems: IM Emphasis
- 16157 - AIMS: Advanced Insensitive Munitions Search, M. Emmanuel Schultz
- 16168 - Development and Verification of the Anti-Fratricide Feature For the DDG-1000 Munitions Container 155mm LRLAP Ammunition, Dr. James A. Luoma
- 16115 - MSIAC IM HC Workshop, Mr. Manfred R Becker
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Breakout Presentations
Session 5A - Gun Propellants
- 15931 - New Propellant Technologies For Small Calibre Ammunition, Mr. Beat Vogelsanger
- 16141 - CLP – A New Nitramine Gun Propellant Family For LOVA, Mr. Eli Shachar
- 16203 - Development of New Stabilizers For Nitrocellulose Based Propellant, Mr. Martin Johansson
- NC Characterization For Felted Fiber Cases, Mr.Steve Dyer
Session 5B - Testing: Shock Emphasis
- 16162 - An Assessment of the Response of Explosive Components To Shock Initiation, Dr. Trevor T. Griffiths
- 16206 - Shaped Charge Jet Stanag: Propositions For Updated Edition, M Yves Guengant
- 16142 - Significant Charge Parameters Influencing the Shaped Charge Jet Initiation, Mr. Werner Arnold
- Evaluation of the Effect of Surface Area on DNAN Based Explosives, Matt Hathaway
Session 6A - Energetic Materials Processing
- 16244 - IM Melt-Cast Explosive Production Facility, Ms. Ling Zhao
- 16155 - Large Scale Manufacture of Granular IMX-104 Melt Pour Explosive, Mr. Alberto Carrillo
- 16198 - Establishment of TATB Manufacturing Process at Holston Army Ammunition Plant, Mr. Mike Ervin
- Identifying a New Source of Wood Pulp for Manufacture of Nitrocellulose, Kelly Moran
Session 6B - Systems 2: Ammunition
- 16174 - 120mm HE Mortar Round Procurement - An Application Example of the French Murat Policy, Dr. Pierre-Francois Peron
- 16172 - Toward New French IM General Purpose Bombs, Mr. Luc Chaffois
- 16194 - Pressure Relief Systems For High Pressure Medium Caliber Ammunition, Mr. Nicolas Bruno
- 16255 - Development of 155mm M95 IM Precision Guidance Kit Compatible Projectile, Mr. Philip J Samuels
Session 7A - Improved Energetic Materials
- 16188 - Manufacture of Wet-Aminated 1,3,5-Triamino-2,4,6-Trinitobenzene at the Holston Army Ammunition Plant, Dr. Neil Tucker
- 16122 - VI-RDX : From Lab to Pilot Scale, Ms. Genevieve Eck
- 16200 - Development and Production of a New Class of NTO, Dr. David Price
- 16171 - Synthesis, Characterization and Formulation of Diammonium Ethylene BIS(5-Nitroiminotetrazolate) (AM-EBNIT), Ms. Eun Mee Goh
Session 7B - Modelling
- 16081 - Multiphysics Modelling of Variable Confinement Cook-off Test (VCCT), Mr. Pierre Pelletier
- 16145 - A Computational Screening Method in Deriving New Promising Explosive Molecules: Add Method-1 and MS-HEMS, Dr. Soo Gyeong Cho
Session 8A - Rocket Propellants
- 16313 - A Realistic Thermal Mitigation Strategy for Solid Rocket Motors, Peter Cahill
- 15940 - Solid Propellant Rocket Motors, Results of Insensitive Munitions Testing, Dr. Alexander C. Weigand
- 16163 - ADN is More Than Particles and Formulations – It is Part of Future Rocket Propellants, Mr. Martin Johansson
- 16164 - Boron Nitride Additive For Advanced Propellants, Dr. Paul Matter
Session 8B - Systems 3: Life-cycle Emphasis
- 16181 - The Effects of Energetic Materials Ageing on System IM Response, Dr. Paul Deacon
- 16169 - Enhanced Performance From Insensitive Explosives, Dr. Ronald E. Brown
- 16298 - Ultra-High Pressure Waterjets in Demilitarization, Dr. Steve Schmit
- Sustainable Ammunition Safety – Interaction with IM, Wim de Klerk
- Residues From a Detonation: Are Green and IM Compatible?, P. Brousseau
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Session 9A - Aging of Energetic Materials
- 16304 - Mechanistic Aging and Surveillance of Warhead Energetic Materials, Dr. I. Lee Davis
- 16147 - Investigation of the Change in Thermal and Shock Sensitivity By Ageing of RDX Charges Bonded By HTPB-IPDI and GAP-N100, Dr. Manfred A. Bohn
- 16269 - Analysis of Double Base Propellants Service Life Relating to Mechanical Properties in Extreme Climatic Conditions, Mr. František Krejí
- 16119 - Reactivity of ADN With Polybutadiene in Air, Dr. Simon Torry
- 16106 - Ageing of RDX Crystals Investigated by X-Ray Diffraction, Dr. Michael Herrmann
Session 9B - Testing (continued)
- 16080 - Modified Version of the of Variable Confinement Cook-off Test (VCCT), Mr Pierre Pelletier
- 16285 - Decreasing a Shock Sensitivity of the HMX-Based PBXS Through the Morphology Modification of the HMX-Constituents, Dr. Igor Ye. Plaksin
- 16158 - An International Review of the STANAG 4241, Bullet Impact Test, M. Emmanuel Schultz
Session 10A - Explosive Formulations
- 15937 - Melt-cast process applied to develop based im ammunition, Christophe Coulouarn
- An Initial Evaluation of Several Promising High Blast Explosives, Paul Braithwaite
- 16243 - Meltable Nitroguanidine: Development of DGX-AL Formulations, Kimberly Y. Spangler
Session 10B - Energetic Materials Processing (Continued)
- 16151 - Process Optimization to Improve Product Quality and Consistency of Energetic Materials at HSAAP, Virgil Fung
- 16190 - Explosives Coating via Advanced Cluster Energetics (ACETM) Fluid Energy Mill (FEM) Technology, Brian Alexander
- 16264 - IMX-104 Manufacturing Process Optimization, Sean Newland