If anyone at your institution is working with explosive materials, this workshop is (almost) mandatory.
Dr. Oxley is one of the leading chemists in the energetic materials field and offers to share her vast experience with the research community.
I urge you to pass this information on to your colleagues working in this field.
Neal
Fundamentals of Explosives
Chemical & Physical Principles including
blast effects, detection, forensics & HMEs
short course on
Detection & IED’s
Critique of the various technologies used in
forensics and airport screening – bulk, trace
& standoff. New challenges to detection.
Post blast examination & laboratory analysis
fail to substitute or cancel by at least 5 work-
ing days before the course starts.
Registrants are responsible for their own
travel and lodging arrangements. See
http://www.chm.uri.edu/forensics/introexp.shtm
April 30- May 2, 2013
This course examines the chemistry of ex-
plosives, the physics of detonation waves
and their initiation, and the issues involved in
safe handling and characterizing these. Ex-
plosive output and coupling to surroundings,
with specific application to structural re-
sponse, will be discussed. We will address
terrorist bombings, the gathering, analy-
sis and interpretation of evidence, improvised
explosives, and explosive detection. Lectur-
ers are internationally known experts.
Hazards
Registration Form
Chemistry
Chemical makeup of explosives—minimum
requirements to be an explosive and syn-
thetic principles. Initiation of explosives—role
of hot spots, critical diameter & detonation
failure. Evaluation—strength & safety. High-
lighted will be the makeup of “homemade”
explosives (HMEs).
Detonation & Shock
Wave Physics
Shock and detonation waves. CJ and ZND
models of detonation. Fundamentals of
shock response of solids. Spall. Shock
growth & decay. Graphical solution of plane-
shock transmission. Initiation of detonation.
Applications
Causes of inadvertent ignition and detona-
tion, identification of hazards and mitigation,
deflagration-to-detonation transition.
COURSE INSTRUCTORS
Dr. James Kennedy, retired from Sandia &
Los Alamos National Laboratories, specialist
in initiation & Gurney model
Dr. Jimmie Oxley, Professor, Chemistry, U
of Rhode Island; Co-Director of DHS Center
of Excellence Explosives Detection, Mitiga-
tion, Response & URI Forensic Science.
Dr. Maurice Marshall, OBE, retired De-
fense Science & Technology Laboratory UK;
specialist in forensics of blast.
Dr. Blaine Asay, retired from Los Alamos
National Lab, specializes in non-shock initia-
tion, DDT, and shock physics.
REGISTRATION FEE: $1450 (US) should
accompany registration.
Fee includes course materials, coffee breaks, and
a dinner. The fee must accompany the registra-
tion form. Space is limited and early registration
is encouraged. The sponsor reserves the right to
accept or decline registrations and to cancel the
course and return all registration fees if enroll-
ment is insufficient.
Mining and military—setting requirements to
match the application--Gurney energies,
overpressures, role of metallization, simple
models.
Fundamentals of Explosives
April 30 - May 2, 2013
Name ____________________
Title: __________________________
Affiliation: ____________________
Phone: __________Fax: ______
E-Mail: ____________________
Address: ____________________
City: _____________State _____
Zip: ____________Date _____________
Make checks ($1450) payable to:
University of Rhode Island,
Chemistry Dept.
Mail Payment & Registration to:
University of Rhode Island
Chemistry Dept
Attn: Jimmie Oxley
Kingston, RI 02881
Phone/fax (401) 874-2103 ph/fax
joxley**At_Symbol_Here**chm.uri.edu
Credit card payment can be accepted by
H.E.R.E. Fax or email Dr. Oxley
Purchase of “Aspects of Explosive Detection”
Marshall & Oxley (ed) may be made for an
additional $100.
You can schedule a class at your facility. Call Dr. Oxley. 401-874-2103
You may be able to attend the classes offered at Picatinny Arsenal Dover, NJ
(see below)
Syllabus for all classes can be found by selecting the class link at http://energetics.chm.uri.edu/?q=node/95
Schedule at Picatinny Arsenal
Fundamentals of Explosives
Propellants & Combustion
Fundamentals of Explosives for Technicians
Laboratory Analysis of Explosive & Forensics
HE Material Characterization & Processing
Stability & Compatibility of Explosives
Unintended Ignitions Sources/Hazards
Dynamic Diagnostics
Material Response under Impulsive Loads
Environmental Issues with Explosives
Field Instrumentation & Testing
To be Scheduled in 2014
Air Blast & Structural Response
Chemical Synthesis
Detection of Explosives at Standoff
Detonation & DDT
Explosive Devices & Train Design
Explosive Protocols
Insensitive Munitions
Nanomaterials
Terrorism Issues
Warhead Mechanics
Fundamentals of Explosives for Technicians
Pyrotechnics
Terrorism Issues
2013
Feb 26-28
Mar 27, 28
Mar 25,26
April 24-25
May 21-23
June
July
July
August
September
October
November
December
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