Equation of State, Mechanics of Materials, Explosives, and Organic Materials
Equation of State, Mechanics of Materials, Explosives, and Organic Materials
T-17 is involved in theoretical modeling of explosives including mechanical behavior, ignition and detonation characteristics, and predicting how these are affected by composition and other factors. This includes expertise in hydrodynamics and shock interactions, reactive flow, equations of state, molecular modeling, and micromechanics and material behavior. Current projects include studies of initiation and burn processes in damaged and intact explosive materials, damaged material behavior, advanced energetic equations of state, ab initio molecular modeling, parallel processor computer algorithms, and proliferation issues. These efforts support advanced defense applications and interact strongly with the Laboratory experimental explosives program.