Nuclear Weapons Highlights 2005-2006
LA-UR-06-3716, June 2006
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- Equation of State Developments in T-1
Nicolas Bock, Leonid Burakovsky, Eric Chisolm, Scott Crockett, Giulia De Lorenzi-Venneri, Tinka Gammel, Denise George, Carl Greeff, J.D. Johnson, Travis Peery, Sven Rudin, Duane Wallace, T-1 (PDF 288 KB) - Multiphase Equations of State for the SESAME Database
Eric D. Chisolm, Denise C. George, and Carl W. Greeff, T-1 (PDF 728 KB) - Continuum Models for Multiphase EOS
Carl W. Greeff, T-1 (PDF 600 KB) - Calculated
Effects of Ga on the Pu Lattice after the δ to Α Transformation
Sven P. Rudin and John M. Wills, T-1 (PDF 740 KB) - Phonons from Density Functional Theory for Equations of State
Sven P. Rudin, J. D. Johnson, and John M. Wills, T-1 (PDF 740 KB) - Vibration-Transit Theory for Time Correlation Functions in Liquids: A Model for Transits
Giulia De Lorenzi-Venneri and Duane Wallace, T-1 (PDF 888 KB) - Low-Pressure Equation of State of Polymers
Bradford E. Clements, T-1(PDF 932 KB)
Condensed Matter, Materials Science, and Chemistry
- Heterogeneous Nucleation in Martensitic Transformations
Turab Lookman and Avadh Saxena, T-11; and Rajeev Ahluwalia, Institute for Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore (PDF 524 KB) - Local Deformation Behavior of Metallic Polycrystals
Curt A. Bronkhorst and B. L. Hansen, T-3 (PDF 1.8 MB) - A Strength Model for Materials with Phase Transformations
Eric N. Harstad, Francis L. Addessio, and Q. Ken Zuo, T-3; and Carl W. Greeff, T-1 (PDF 764 KB) - Instabilities in Cellular Solids and the Role of Dispersity in Geometric Structure
Mark W. Schraad, T-3 (PDF 812 KB) - Stochastic Multiscale Material Modeling
Todd O. Williams, T-3 (PDF 1.6 MB) - Simulation and Analysis of Real Foam Microstructures
Scott Bardenhagen, Andrew Brydon, and Lucas Wharton, T-14 (PDF 676 KB) - Dynamic
Response of HMX Through the β-δ
Phase Transition
Bradford E. Clements, Eric M. Mas, JeeYeon N. Plohr, Axinte Ionita, T-1; and Francis L. Addessio, T-3 (PDF 792 KB) - Micromechanics Models for Plastic-Bonded High Explosives: Recent Developments
Bradford E. Clements and Eric M. Mas, T-1; and Curt A. Bronkhorst and Todd O. Williams, T-3 (PDF 800 KB) - Coupling Grain Scale and Bulk Mechanical Response of PBXs via Numerical Simulation
Scott Bardenhagen and Andrew Brydon, T-14(PDF 864 KB) - Atomistic
Studies of Quasi-Static Compression in α-HMX
Eugenio Jaramillo and Thomas D. Sewell, T-14; and Alejandro Strachan, Purdue University (PDF 940 KB) - A Mechanism for the Mullins Effect
David E. Hanson, T-12; and Marilyn Hawley and Robert Houlton, MST-8 (PDF 736 KB) - Update on the Aging of PBX-9501 via Hydrolysis
Brian K. Kendrick and Russell T Pack, T-12 (PDF 624 KB) - Update on the Aging of PBX-9501 via Free-Radical Oxidation
Joel D. Kress, T-12 (PDF 1.012 KB) - Large and Rapid Deformation of Dense Particulate Composite
Xia Ma, Qisu Zou, Duan Z. Zhang, W. Brian VanderHeyden, T-3; and Nely Padial-Collins, CCS-2 (PDF 2.3 MB) - Finite Element Method Calculations on Statistically Consistent Microstructures of PBX-9501
Eric M. Mas, Bradford E. Clements, and Axinte Ionita, T-1; and Paul D. Peterson, DX-2 (PDF 1.7 MB) - Dynamically Driven Phase Transformations in Damaged Composite Materials
JeeYeon N. Plohr and Bradford E. Clements, T-1; and Francis L. Addessio, T-3 (PDF 944 KB) - Molecular Bridging and Mechanical Properties
Kim Ø. Rasmussen, T-11, Edward M. Kober, T-14, and R.J. Spontak, North Carolina State University (PDF 748 KB) - Coulomb Explosion Mechanisms for Ion Damage
Cynthia J. Olson Reichhardt, T-12(PDF 288 KB) - Electronic
Structure Calculations with Dynamical Mean Field Theory in δ-Pu
Jian-Xin Zhu, T-11, M. D. Jones, University of Buffalo, Robert C. Albers, T-11, John M. Wills, T-1 (PDF 656 KB) - An Implicit Algorithm for a Rate-Dependent Brittle Damage Model
Q. Ken Zuo, T-3 (PDF 516 KB) - A Rate-Dependent Damage Model for Brittle Materials under Dynamic Loading
Q. Ken Zuo and Francis L. Addessio, T-3; and John K. Dienes, T-14 (PDF 428 KB) - A Two-Component Element for Modeling Strain Localization in Materials
Q. Ken Zuo and Paul J. Maudlin, T-3 (PDF 1.1 MB)
- Multibillion-Atom Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Shockwave Phenomena on BlueGene/L
Timothy C. Germann and Brad Lee Holian, X-1; Kai Kadau and Peter S. Lomdahl, T-14 (PDF 760 KB) - Direct Observation of the α-ε Transition in Shock-Compressed Iron via Nanosecond X-ray Diffraction
Kai Kadau, T-14; Timothy C. Germann, X-1; Peter S. Lomdahl, T-14; Brad L. Holian, X-1; D.H. Kalantar and J. Hawreliak, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; K. Rosolankova and J.S. Wark, University of Oxford (PDF 1.8 MB) - The Rayleigh-Taylor Instability via Direct Simulation Monte Carlo
John L. Barber and Kai Kadau, T-14; Timothy C. Germann, X-1; Peter S. Lomdahl, T-14; Brad L. Holian, X-1; and Berni Alder and Ed Alley, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (PDF 536 KB) - Inelastic Deformation in Shock Loaded HMX
Eugenio Jaramillo and Thomas D. Sewell, T-14; and Alejandro Strachan, Purdue University (PDF 736 KB) - Detonation Wave Profile in PBX-9501
Ralph Menikoff, T-14 (PDF 996 KB) - Dynamic Behavior of Copper and Other Metals at Extreme Loading Rates
Alek Zubelewicz, T-3 (PDF 1.6 MB)
Computational Science and Fluid Dynamics
- A 2-D Model to Simulate Convection and Phase Transitions Accurately
Katherine J. Evans and Dana A. Knoll, T-3 (PDF 532 KB) - Multiphysics Time Integration and Long Time Integration Error
Dana A. Knoll, Vincent A. Mousseau, Rick M. Rauenzahn, Katherine J. Evans, T-3; and Luis Chacón, T-15 (PDF 1.3 MB) - Acoustic Wave Propagation in a Particle-Laden Gas
Peter J. O'Rourke, Michael C. Cline, and Manjit S. Sahota, T-3 (PDF 1,016 KB) - Temporal Accuracy of the Solution of Radiation Hydrodynamics Equations
Rick M. Rauenzahn, Vincent A. Mousseau, and Dana A. Knoll, T-3 (PDF 880 KB) - Permeating Fluid Effects in Cellular Material Systems under Dynamic
Loading
Mark W. Schraad and Francis H. Harlow, T-3 (PDF 832 KB) - Plug and Play Approach to Verification and Validation
Giovanni Lapenta, T-15 (PDF 960 KB) - Moment-of-Fluid Interface Reconstruction
Vadim Dyadechko and Mikhail Shashkov, T-7 (PDF 1.4 MB) - New Discretization Methodology on Generalized Polyhedral Meshes
Franco Brezzi, Konstantin Lipnikov, and Mikhail Shashkov, T-7 (PDF 980 KB) - Verification for Adaptive Mesh Refinement Code
Shengtai Li and Mikhail J. Shashkov, T-7, and William J. Rider, X-1 (PDF 1.6 MB) - Efficient Smoothing of 3-D Unstructured Grids
Markus Berndt and J. David Moulton, T-7, and G. A. Hansen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (PDF 2.3 MB)
- Calculation of Neutron Spectra in β-delayed Neutron-Emission
Toshihiko Kawano, Peter Möller, and William B. Wilson, T-16 (PDF 868 KB) - Determination of Am Fission Barriers from Calculated High-Dimensional Potential-Energy Surfaces
Peter Möller, T-16 (PDF 1.3 MB) - The Reaction 10B(p, α)7Be
Philip R. Page, T-16 (PDF 716 KB) - Radiochemical Diagnostics of Fission and Fusion Neutrons using Gold Detectors
Shannon T. Cowell and Anna C. Hayes, T-16 (PDF 772 MB) - Domestic Nuclear Event Attribution: Proliferant Devices Based on Reactor-Grade Fuel
Anna C. Hayes, T-16; and Gerard Jungman, T-6 (PDF 480 KB) - Developing Advanced Models of Nuclear Pre-Initiation for NEST Render-Safe Exercises
Anna C. Hayes, T-16; and Gerard Jungman, T-6 (PDF 416 KB)
- Improvements to the Finite-Temperature Average-Atom Model
James Colgan, George Csanak, and Lee A. Collins, T-4; Christopher J. Fontes, X-1 (PDF 568 KB) - Triple Photoionization of Li and Be
James Colgan, T-4 (PDF 464 KB) - Mean-Field Statistical Theory of Finite Quantum Systems with Applications to Hot Dense Plasmas
Sergey A. Ponomarenko, George Csanak, David P. Kilcrease, and Manolo Sherrill, T-4 (PDF 400 KB) - Spatial Soliton-like Similaritons and Soliton Amplification
Sergey A. Ponomarenko, T-4; and Govind P. Agrawal, University of Rochester (PDF 436 KB) - Mixing UTA and Detailed Line Treatment for Mid-Z Opacity Calculations
Stephane Mazevet and Joseph Abdallah, Jr., T-4 (PDF 1.9 MB) - ATOMIC Simulations for a Germanium Laser-Produced Plasma
Joseph Abdallah, Jr., T-4; Christopher J. Fontes, X-1; James Colgan, T-4; D. Batani, University of Milan; and A. Ya. Faenov, MCISDC, Russia (PDF 496 KB) - Spectroscopic Characterization of an Ultrashort Laser Driven Ar Cluster Target
Manolo Sherrill, Joseph Abdallah, Jr., and George Csanak, T-4; Evan Dodd, X-1; Yuji Fukuda, JAERI, Kyoto, Japan; and Anatoly Faenov, VNIIFTRI Moscow, Russia (PDF 1.3 MB) - Opacity Code Comparison Workshop (WorkOp) September 2005
David Kilcrease, Manolo Sherrill, Norm Magee, and John Keady, T-4; and Christopher Fontes and H-L Zhang, X-1 (PDF 1.4 MB) - OVID: A Graphical User Interface Tool for Visualizing Opacities
Leslie Welser, T-4 (PDF 964 KB)
- Inertial Fusion: A Possible New Program
Stirling Colgate, T-6; Walt Atchison and Hui Li, X-1; and Steve Slutz, Sandia National Laboratories (PDF 1.1 MB)
