International Explosives Safety Symposium & Exposition
"Explosives Safety & Munitions Risk Management"
6 - 9 August 2018
San Diego, CA
Monday, August 6, 2018
Explosives Safety and Munitions Risk Management (ESMRM)
- Training Agenda
- Intro
- Policy
- EXWC_MRAS_RBSS_Overview
- Technical Paper-23
- Explosives Safety and Munitions Risk Management Assessment Process
- Explosives Safety and Munitions Risk Management Assessment Examples
Site Planning
Lee Ann Cotton, CSP, P.E. Policy Development Division, Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board (DDESB)
- Site Planning Agenda
- Site Planning Training Instructor
- Volume 3 – Enclosure 3 - QD Criteria For Accidental Detonations
Tuesday, August 7, 2018
Keynote Speaker- Thierry Chiapello, Executive Director, DoD Explosives Safety Board
- (SPOD Video, FOB Video) (Large files)
Concurrent Sessions: (10:15 - 12:00)
International Policy and PracticeChair: Robert Ford
- Explosives Safety and Munitions Risk Management – Compelling Past, Active Present, Uncertain Future (Presentation, Paper)
- Thierry Chiapello, Executive Director, DoD Explosives Safety Board
- MSIAC Workshop 2018: Improved Explosives and Munitions Risk Management (Presentation, Paper)
- Martijn van der Voort, Technical Specialist Officer, Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC)
- Standardization of Explosives Classification and Characterization Testing (Presentation, Paper)
- Robert Ford, President, Safety Management Services, Inc.
- Allied Ammunition Storage and Transport Publication Number 4 (AASTP-4) – Status and Future Updates (Presentation, Paper)
- Hans Øiöm, Research Lead, Norwegian Defense Materiell Agency - Ammunition
Chair: Robert MacNaught
- Reducing Tort Liability Arising Out of Federal Munitions/Explosives Contracts: A Matter of Mutual Responsibility for the U.S. and its Contractors (Presentation, Paper)
- Raymond Biagini, Partner, Covington & Burling, LLP
- Overview of Explosives Safety Governance in the DoD (Presentation, Paper)
- Art Kaminski, Director of Policy Development, DoD Explosives Safety Board
- Avoiding Confusion in Risk Management (Presentation, Paper)
- John Fellows, CEO, A-P-T Research, Inc.
- The UK's Explosives Safety Vision – Demonstrably Safe, Environmentally Sound, Effective, and Available Defense Capability
- Robert MacNaught, Defense OME Safety Regulator, UK Defence Safety Authority
Chair: Stephanie Wacenske
- Review of A Decontamination Accident (Presentation, Paper)
- Lyn Little, Explosives Safety Specialist, Mission Support Services
- Risk Assessment Methodology in Connection with Transfer of Former Military Training Areas to Civilian Society in Sweden (Presentation, Paper)
- Dennis Menning, Senior Scientist, Swedish Defense Research Agency
- Decontamination and Dismantling (D&D) of Explosive Contaminated Process Piping in High Explosive Load Lines (Presentation, Paper)
- Paul Miller, Director, Advanced Technology Systems, Gradient Technology, Inc.
- Modeling a Robust Caisson Structure to Resist Effects from Blow-in-Place of Underwater Unexploding Ordnance, SERDP MR-2648 (Presentation)
- Joseph Trotsky, Environmental Engineer, NAVFAC Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center
Concurrent Sessions: (1:00 - 2:40)
Risk Management and Siting ApplicationsChair: Hugo Dijkers
- Part I/Risk-Based Siting Criteria – Current and Future Efforts in Risk Management and Siting Applications (Presentation, Paper)
- Dr. Josephine Covino, Science Advisor, DoD Explosives Safety Board
- Part II/Risk-Based Siting Criteria – Current and Future Efforts in Risk Management and Siting Applications (Presentation, Paper 1, Paper 2)
- Dr. Ming Liu, Structural Engineer, NAVFAC Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center
- A Fast Running Engineering Model for Lethality Due to Wall Debris Thrown from Above Ground Magazines (Presentation, Paper)
- Peter Kummer, Senior Safety Expert, Bienz, Kummer & Partner Ltd.
- An Overview of Risk-Based Explosives Safety Siting (Presentation, Paper)
- Michael Oesterle, Structural Engineer, NAVFAC Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center
Chair: Martin Pope
- Experimental and Theoretical Basis of NATO Standards for Safe Storage of Ammunitions and Explosives (Presentation, Paper)
- Martijn van der Voort, Technical Specialist Officer, Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC)
- Reducing Blast Distant Focused Overpressure Effects (Presentation, Paper)
- Paul Braithwaite, Sr. Staff Scientist, Northrop Grumman
- The Klotz Group Contribution to Explosion Safety (Presentation, Paper 1, Paper 2)
- * Robert Conway, Research Structural Engineer, NAVFAC Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center
- Ballistic Trajectory Modeling for the Insensitive Munitions Type IV/V Hazardous Fragment Threshold (Presentation, Paper)
- Kevin Miers, Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army ARDEC
Chair: Dr. Jerry Ward
- Navy A&E Facility Planning (Presentation)
- Gary Hogue, Senior Explosives Safety Expert, Naval Ordnance Safety and Security Activity
- U.S. Navy A&EFS Program Overview/Magazine Storage Requirements Calculator (MSRC) Optimization Algorithms (Presentation, Paper)
- Tyler Ross, Explosives Safety Engineer, A-P-T Research, Inc.
- Research Plan for ECM Required Earth Cover (Presentation, Paper)
- Joshua Payne, Research Engineer, U.S. Army Engineer Research & Development Center
- How Not to Site Plan: Common Pitfalls and Mistakes in Hazards Analyses (Presentation, Paper)
- Tyler Ross, Explosives Safety Engineer, A-P-T Research, Inc.
Concurrent Sessions: (3:10 - 4:50)
Risk Management and Siting Applications IIChair: Shonn McNeill
- IMESAFR Overview (Presentation, Paper)
- John Tatom, Chief, Explosives Safety and Testing, A-P-T Research, Inc.
- The IMESAFR Science Panel (Presentation, Paper)
- Shonn McNeill, Chief, Explosives R&D Division, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
- Modeling Uncertainty in Concept and in Quantitative Risk Assessment Models (Presentation, Paper)
- * John Tatom, Chief, Explosives Safety and Testing, A-P-T Research, Inc.
Chair: Peter Kummer
- MSIAC – Update, Activities, and Highlights (Presentation, Paper)
- Martin Pope, Technical Specialist Officer, Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC)
- Applying Systematic Risk Management Protocol to the Design of a Modern Propellant Manufacturing Plant in Australia (Presentation (large file) Paper)
- Robert Ford, President, Safety Management Services, Inc.
- Coupled CFD/CSD Simulations of Dust Production by Fragmenting Charges Using Stabilized Linear Tetrahedral Elements (Paper)
- Dr. Orlando Soto, Computational Physics Scientist, Applied Simulations, Inc.
- "Intended Use" and Hazard Classification Testing (Presentation, Paper)
- Erik Wrobel, Chemical Engineer, U.S. Army ARDEC
Chair: James King
- Engineering Explosives Safety – The Development of the Pseudo Underground Storage System (PUGSS) (Presentation, Paper)
- Dr. Chong Seah, Head Engineer, Defense Science and Technology Agency
- Development of Deep Earth Cover Magazines (Presentation, Paper)
- Kai Oh, Senior Engineer, Defense Science and Technology Agency
- Steel Box Earth-Covered Magazine (Presentation, Paper)
- Tyler Ross, Explosives Safety Engineer, A-P-T Research, Inc.
- A Retrospective Study on the Safety of Waterjet (WJ) and Abrasive Waterjet (AWJ) Processing of High Explosive Ordnance (Paper, Poster)
- Paul Miller, Director, Advanced Technical Systems, Gradient Technology, Inc.
Wednesday, August 8, 2018
Concurrent Sessions: (10:20 - 12:00)
Risk Management - Thermal Effects I - Burn to Violent ReactionsChair: Ed Walseman
- Metrics Analysis for the Improved Evaluation Methodology of the Hazard Severity of Fragments Projected from a Deflagrating Warhead (Presentation, Paper)
- Daniel Pudlak, Engineer, U.S. Army ARDEC
- Combustion Behavior & Quantity Distance Siting (Presentation, Paper)
- Dr. Josephine Covino, Science Advisor, DoD Explosives Safety Board
- Experimental Results of The Convective Combustion of an HD 1.3 Material (Presentation)
- Cynthia Romo, Mechanical Engineer, NAWCWD
- Characterizing the Pressure Gain of Magazines Due to Convective Combustion of M1 Gun Propellant (Presentation, Paper)
- Dr. Brian Bojko, Aerospace Engineer, NAWCWD
Chair: Thomas Garcia
- An Overview of AMO-CAT: DDESB's Explosives Safety Knowledge Improvement Program (Presentation, Paper)
- Robert Conway, Research Structural Engineer, NAVFAC Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center
- Iron Warrior IV Debris Recovery: ATF's Use of DDESB's Technical Paper 21 (Presentation, Paper)
- John Tatom, Chief, Explosives Safety and Testing, A-P-T Research, Inc.
- Small Quantities for Research and Laboratories (SQRL) Test Program (Presentation, Paper)
- Dr. Michelle Crull, Senior Structural Engineer, U.S. Army Engineering & Support Center, Huntsville
- Protective Construction for Personnel in Operations Buildings with Varying Explosives Hazards (Presentation, Paper)
- John Nevels, PE, U.S. Army Engineering & Support Center, Huntsville
Chair: Dr. Joshua Hoffman
- How Can the Government Mitigate the Use of Common Household Products Used for Explosives? (Presentation, Paper)
- Robert Clowers, Consultant, Envistacom
- Chemistry of Chemical Warfare Agents (Presentation, Paper)
- Dr. Kirstin Warner, Chemist, DoD Explosives Safety Board
- Design Factor Influences on Total Determined Explosives Site Risk (Presentation)
- Dr. Jason Florek, Senior Engineer, Stone Security Engineering
- An International Standard to Manage Space Launch Risks (Presentation, Paper)
- Tom Pfitzer, President, A-P-T Research, Inc.
Concurrent Sessions: (1:00 - 2:40)
Risk Management – Thermal Effects II – ModelingChair: Dr. Noel Hsu
- Modeling and Simulation of HD 1.3 Thermal Initiation Tests on a Small Reinforced Concrete Storage Structure (Presentation, Paper)
- Dr. Ming Liu, Structural Engineer, NAVFAC Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center
- Numerical Modeling of Sub-Scale Convective Combustion of M1 Propellant (Presentation, Paper)
- Dr. Fumiya Togashi, Chief Combustion Scientist, Applied Simulations, Inc.
- Integrated Violence Model of 1.3 Events with Example Test Results (Presentation, Paper)
- Dr. Clint Guymon, Director of R&D, Safety Management Services, Inc.
- A General Pressure Generation Model for Granular Propellant Fires (Presentation, Paper)
- Dr. Frederick Paquet, Project Officer, General Dynamics OTS
Chair: Robert Conway
- A Fast Running Model for Accurate Time-Dependent Post-Shock Gas Flow (Presentation, Paper)
- Pietro Gheorghiu, Engineer, Karagozian & Case, Inc.
- Estimation of Primary Blast Injuries Inside Buildings (Presentation, Paper)
- Knut B. Holm, Senior Scientist, Norwegian Defense Research Establishment (FFI)
Chair: Dr. Joseph Baum
- Explosives Safety Siting Quantity-Distance Engine & Flowcharts Criteria Merge and Software Rewrite (Presentation, Paper)
- Cameron Stewart, Research Structural Engineer, NAVFAC Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center
- Protective Construction Design Roadmap (Presentation, Paper)
- Arturo Luna, Research Structural Engineer, NAVFAC Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center
- Ultra-High-Speed Optical Flame Detection and Releasing System Solutions for the Munitions Industry (Presentation, Paper)
- Michael Hosch, Flame Detection Product Line Manager, Det-Tronics
Concurrent Sessions: (3:10 - 4:50)
Risk Management – Thermal Effects III – Structural Design & Reactions ViolenceChair: Dr. Lara Leininger
- Protective Construction Design Criteria for HD 1.3 (Presentation, Paper)
- Arturo Luna, Research Structural Engineer, NAVFAC Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center
- Realistic Assessment of HD 1.3 Events (Presentation, Paper)
- Maurice Muser, Project Manager, Audits & Regulatory Compliance, Nammo Raufoss AS
- Explosion Effects and Consequences from Detonations and Less Violent Munitions Response (Presentation, Paper)
- Martijn van der Voort, Technical Specialist Officer, Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC)
- Safety Assessments of Thermally Damaged Energetic Materials (Presentation, Paper)
- John Reynolds, Senior Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Chair: Dr. Ming Liu
- Improved Method to Calculate Gas Pressure from Partially Confined Detonations (Presentation, Paper)
- Charles Oswald, Senior Principal, Protection Engineering Consultants
- On the Role of Modeling Dust Production by Fragmenting Warheads in Storage Facilities (Presentation, Paper)
- Dr. Joseph Baum, CEO, Applied Simulations, Inc
- Updated Blast Effects and Consequence Models in DDESB Technical Paper 14 (Presentation, Paper)
- Robert Conway, Research Structural Engineer, NAVFAC Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center
- The Current State of the Vulnerability Assessment and Protection Option (VAPO) Software Program and its Applicability to the Explosives Safety Community (Presentation, Paper)
- Dr. James Nichols, VAPO Principal Investigator, Applied Research Associates, Inc.
Chair: Dr. Michael Oesterle
- Operationalizing the Munitions Risk Management Assessment Process (Presentation)
- John Lenox, Director Military Operations, DoD Explosives Safety Board
- Explosives Safety Risk Assessments at Ports (Presentation, Paper)
- Brandon Fryman, Junior Engineer, A-P-T Research, Inc.
- Planning Considerations for Munitions Related Infrastructure (Presentation, Paper)
- Lea Ann Cotton, Safety Engineer, DoD Explosives Safety Board
- Explosion Siting Assessment for Sounding Rocket Missions (Presentation, Paper)
- Jon Chrostowski, Senior Scientist, ACTA, Inc.
- Quantitative Risk Analysis of Ammunition Transshipments in Harbors (Presentation, Paper)
- Hugo Dijkers, Researcher, TNO Defence, Safety and Security
Thursday, August 9, 2018
Concurrent Sessions: (8:00 - 9:40)
Hazard Classifications & Insensitive Munitions I – International StandardizationChair: Dr. Upton Shimp
- Motivations for NATO Standardization of Hazard Classification Procedures (Presentation, Paper)
- Brent Knoblett, Safety Engineer, DoD Explosives Safety Board
- NATO Working Group on Insensitive Munitions and Hazard Classification Requirements, Assessment, and Hazard Frequency (Presentation)
- Martin Pope, Technical Specialist Officer, Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC
- Review and Update of STANAG 4526 Shaped Charge Jet, Munitions Test Procedure (Presentation, Paper)
- Dr. Brian Fuchs, Experimental Evaluation Lead Technical Expert, U.S. Army ARDEC
Chair: John Fellows
- Third-Party Lightning Protection System Certification Program for Explosives Facilities (Presentation, Paper)
- Mitchell Guthrie, Senior Engineer, Lightning Protection Institute Inspection Program
- Identifying Lightning Protection Requirements and Deficiencies (Presentation, Paper)
- Jeffrey Denton, Electrical Engineer, Army Corps of Engineers
- Lightning Risk Assessment Tailored to Applications Involving Structures Housing Explosives (Presentation)
- Alain Rousseau, President, SEFTIM
- Considerations on Analysis of Lightning Protection System Adequacy When Required Documentation is Not Available (Presentation)
- Mitchell Guthrie, Senior Engineer, Lightning Protection Institute Inspection Program
Chair: Jon Chrostowski
- Enhancing Constructability and Reducing Construction Costs of Reinforced Concrete Blast Cells (Presentation, Paper)
- William Zehrt, Jr., Structural Engineer, DoD Explosives Safety Board
- Structural Response of an Earth Covered Magazine to a Simulated Blast Loading (Presentation, Paper)
- Joseph Hamilton, Engineer, Karagozian & Case, Inc.
- Canadian Long Span Earth Covered Magazine - Design Challenges (Presentation, Paper)
- Hariharasankaran Vaidyanathan, Senior Structural Engineer, Department of National Defense, Canada
- Earth Covered Magazines Vertical Seismic Ground Motion Effects (Presentation, Paper)
- Harold Sprague, Subject Matter Expert, Parsons Corp.
Concurrent Sessions: (10:20 - 12:00)
Hazard Classification & Insensitive Munitions II – MethodologiesChair: Hans Øiöm
- DOE/NNSA Insensitive High Explosive (IHE) Qualification and Testing (Presentation, Paper)
- Dr. Lara Leininger, Director, Energetic Materials Center, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Introducing the U.S. Navy Insensitive Munitions Handbook (Presentation, Paper)
- Dr. Jerry Ward, Senior Lead Engineer, Booz Allen Hamilton
- Comparison of Shock Stimuli from Current Hazard Classification Testing and Potential Threats (Presentation, Paper)
- Paul Braithwaite, Sr. Staff Scientist, Northrop Grumman
Chair: Daniel Granados
- West Fertilizer Explosion – Source Energy and Structural Damage (Presentation, Paper)
- Ben Harrison, Technical Director, ABS Group
- The Behavior of Ammonium Nitrate in a Fire, Recent Events and Resulting Changes in Fire Code (Presentation, Paper)
- Dr. Noel Hsu, VP, Global Regulatory Affairs, Orica USA, Inc.
- Ammonium Nitrate Modeling in the AN Module of IMESAFR (Presentation, Paper)
- Michael Swisdak, Jr., Senior Scientist, A-P-T Research, Inc.
- Quantitative Risk Analyses in the Commercial Explosives Industry (Presentation, Paper)
- William Evans, Senior Industry Explosives Risk Analyst, A-P-T Research, Inc.
Chair: Gary Hogue
- DDESB Technical Paper (TP) 15 Update and Standard ECM Designs Approved for New Construction (Presentation, Paper)
- Ryan Bowers, Explosives Safety Engineer, Army Corps of Engineers
- Effects of High Strain Rates on ASTM A992 and A572 Grade 50 Steels (Presentation, Paper)
- Matthew Murray, Research Mechanical Engineer, ERDC-GSL
- Internal Blast Test of a Reinforced Concrete Structure (Presentation, Paper)
- Dr. Michael Oesterle, Research Structural Engineer, NAVFAC Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center
Concurrent Sessions: (1:00 - 2:40)
Hazard Classification & Insensitive Munitions III – Applications and ChallengesChair: Dr. Brian Fuchs
- Tying Hazard Classification and Insensitive Munitions Testing to Explosives Quantitative Risk Assessment Modeling (Presentation, Paper)
- * Michael Swisdak, Jr., Senior Scientist, A-P-T Research, Inc.
- Weapons System Hazardous Fragment Characterization (Presentation)
- Gary Hogue, Senior Explosives Safety Expert, Naval Ordnance Safety and Security Activity
- An Investigation into a Proper Heating Rate for the Slow Heating Test (Presentation, Paper)
- Dr. David Hubble, Mechanical Engineer, NSWC Dahlgren Division
- Insensitive Munitions Explosive Ordnance Disposal Challenges (Presentation)
- Martin Pope, Technical Specialist Officer, Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC)
* This person is presenting the paper on the author's behalf.
U.S. Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board (DDESB) Tools and PracticesChair: James O'Kane
- DDESB Software & Tools – Planning for the Future (Presentation, Paper)
- Lea Ann Cotton, Safety Engineer, DoD Explosives Safety Board
- Explosives Safety Siting (ESS) Software – Overview and Status (Presentation, Paper)
- David Bianchi, Geographer, NAVFAC Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center
- Explosives Safety Siting (ESS) Software Migration to Web Based Technologies (Presentation, Paper)
- Shea Broussard, Geographer GIS, NAVFAC Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center
- Primary Fragment Characterization Tools: A DDESB Technical Paper 16 Update (Presentation, Paper)
- Susan Hamilton, Civil Engineer, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville
Chair: Stephen Struck
- Risk-Based Explosion Assessment - Internal Explosion of Exploration Upper Stage in Vehicle Assembly Building (Presentation, Paper)
- Jon Chrostowski, Senior Scientist, ACTA, Inc.
- Modeling Reinforced Concrete Protective Construction for Impact Scenarios (Presentation, Paper)
- Brad Durant, Research Structural Engineer, NAVFAC Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center
- IME Derailed Debris Collection (Presentation, Paper)
- Dr. Joshua Hoffman, Director of Technical Services, Institute of Makers of Explosives
- Identifying Optimal Concrete Strength for Varying Levels of Blast Loading (Presentation, Paper)
- Dr. Tarek Kewaisy, Principal Associate, Louis Berger Group
Concurrent Sessions: (3:10 - 4:50)
Hazard Classification and Insensitive Munitions IV – Measurements & EstimatesChair: Paul Braithwaite
- The ARDEC Gap Test for Small Grain Gun Propellants (Presentation, Paper)
- Erik Wrobel, Chemical Engineer, U.S. Army ARDEC
- Airblast Equivalent Weight and Yield Determinations Based on Measurements of Energy and Other Blast Wave Parameters (Presentation, Paper)
- Michael Swisdak, Jr., Senior Scientist, A-P-T Research, Inc.
- Results from Gaseous Methane/Oxygen Mixture Testing (Presentation, Paper)
- Mike Bangham, President, Bangham Engineering, Inc.
- Use of TNT Equivalency Estimation (Presentation, Paper)
- Dr. Brian Fuchs, Experimental Evaluation Lead Technical Expert, U.S. Army ARDEC
Chair: Paul Cummins
- Simulation-Based Design of Reinforced Concrete Walls Used to Prevent Sympathetic Detonation in Explosives Facilities (Presentation)
- Dr. Tarek Kewaisy, Principal Associate, Louis Berger Group
- Numerical Modeling of Explosively Loaded Concrete Structure Using a Coupled CFD-CSD Methodology (Presentation, Paper)
- Michael Giltrud, Principal Engineer, Applied Simulations, Inc.
- Comparison of Quantity-Distance Standards for Earth-Covered Magazines in Various National/International Manuals (Presentation, Paper)
- David Bogosian, Sr. Principal Engineer, Baker Engineering and Risk Consultants, Inc.
- Earth Covered-Magazines Structural Integrity Assessments (ECMSIA) (Presentation, Paper)
- Jeff Coulston, Chief Structural Branch, Army Engineering and Support Center
Chair: John Tatom
- Overview of ETUG Standard ETUG-GS01-15 (Presentation, Paper)
- Robert Ford, President, Safety Management Services, Inc.
- Status of the U.S. DoD Munitions Safety Program – Program Management Pillars (Presentation, Paper)
- William Robertson, Director Program Evaluation, DoD Explosives Safety Board
- Protective Equipment for Small Scale Laboratory Explosive Hazards – Explosive Testing of: Clothing for Hand and Body Protection, Shielding Materials, Eye, and Face Protection (Presentation)
- Stephen Miller, Trials Conducting Officer, AWE PLC
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