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Insensitive Munitions & Energetic Materials Technology Symposium
"Advanced IM/EM Solutions: Minimizing Risk to our Warfighters & Delivering Needed Performance, Security &
Readiness to Address Evolving Threats in our World"
12 - 15 September 2016
Nashville, TN
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Plenary Paper Presentations
- 18748 - JIMTP Strategy and Path Forward, Anthony Di Stasio, USA
- 18770 - GRIMEX (Green IM Explosive): Development of Novel im Comp B Replacements Based on Green TNT and RDX Replacements, Dr. David Price, USA
Breakout Presentations
Session 2A - Testing I
- 18758 - High Performance Propellant Fragment Impact Testing: Small-scale and Full-scale, Dr. Eric Harstad, USA
Session 2B - Formulations I
- 18761 - Insensitive Munitions - Development and Qualification of New Melt-Cast Formulations, Øyvind Johansen, Norway
- 18791 - Reduced Sensitivity LX-14 Main Charge, Brian Alexander, USA
Session 3A - Slow Cook-Off
- 18808 - An Approach to Simulate the Cook-Off Response of Large Munitions Using Small Scale Tests and Analysis, Dr. N. Albert Moussa, USA
Session 3B - Energetic Materials I
- 18767 - INFUSE™ Nitrocellulose: A New Approach to Gun Propellant Technology, Dr. Stephen Velarde, USA
- 18719 - Compatibility Investigations on Novel Energetic Formulations of Nitrogen Rich Azole [Bistetrazolylamine(BTA)], Dr. Nimesh Sasidharan, Singapore
- 18780 - High Temperature Explosives For the Future, Dr. Sarah Headrick, USA
Session 4A - Policy
- 18718 - Navy Insensitive MunitionS (IM) Program Planning and Execution, Donald Porada, USA
- 18720 - Benefits of Insensitive Munitions on Storage and Operations, Benjamin Keefe, Belgium
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Session 5A - Fast Cook-Off
- 18747 - Atmospheric Measurements in Propane and Liquid-Pool Fast Cook-Off Fires, Dr. David Hubble, USA
Session 5B - Energetics and Standards
- 18775 - Review and Update of STANAG 4526 Shaped Charge Jet, Munitions Test Procedure, Dr. Brian Fuchs, USA
Thursday, September 15, 2016
Session 7A - Mitigation and Testing
- 18705 - Insensitive Munitions (IM) and Hazard Classification (HC) Testing Guidance and Integration, Ken Tomasello, USA
Session 7B - Synthesis
- 18796 - Development and Testing of 3,4 DNP, Dr. Jacob Morris, USA
- 18798 - Laboratory and Pilot Scale Synthesis of LLM 105, James Phillips, USA
- 18797 - Process Development and Scale-Up of MDNT, Dr. Jacob Morris, USA
Session 8A - Systems I
- 18689 - Use of Packaging Methodologies and Innovative Materials to Prevent Inadvertent Reaction of Containerized Naval Ordnance, Robert Van Schaack, USA
- 18727 - Evaluation of the 90MM MK8 HEP Ammunition Filled With IM P16945 Explosive Composition, David Struyve, Belgium
Session 8B - Energetic Materials II
- 18794 - Alternative Waxes for Composition B, Myles Donegan, USA
Session 9A - Modeling
- 18759 - Composite Material Modeling For Fragment Impact, Matt Triplett, USA
Session 9B - Propellants
- 18686 - Effects of Long-term Ageing on Small and Medium Calibre PropellantS, Beat Vogelsanger, Switzerland
Session 10A - Systems II
- 18726 - IM and Lethality Performance oF 81MM IHE Mortar Bombs Filled With Different Insensitive Explosives, Jackie Sibeko, South Africa
Session 10B - Processing III
- 18776 - Controlling Composition C-4 Processing Parameters and Physical Properties of Input Components to Predict Energy Output Performance Results of M112 Demolition Charges, Dr. Jeremy Headrick, USA
- 18793 - Explosives Coating Via Advanced Cluster EnergeticS (ACETM) Fluid Energy MilL, Brian Alexander, USA