Session D.  Lethality Technologies

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

3:00-3:10 PM                     Introduction

3:10-3:35 PM                     DO-01 
Rarefaction Wave Gun Tank Main Armament Demonstrator
Eric Kathe, Kevin Miner and Robert Dillon, U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

3:35-4:00 PM                     DO-02 
Closed Loop Guidance of a Non-linear Spinning 40mm Grenade Using Micro-adaptive Flow Control
Kevin Massey, Andre Lovas and Jim McMichael, Georgia Tech Research Institute; T. Gordon Brown, Jubaraj Sahu and Peter Plostins, U.S. Army Research Laboratory

4:00-4:25 PM                     DO-03 
Compact High Power Microwave Generation
A. Neuber, A. Young, M. Elsayed, J. Dickens, M. Giesselmann and M. Kristiansen, Center for Pulsed Power and Power Electronics at Texas Tech University; L. L. Altgilbers, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command

4:25-4:50 PM                     DO-04 
Development and Characterization of Low Cost Seeker Technology for U.S. Army Applications
G. Katulka, D. Lyon and F. Fresconi, U.S. Army Research Laboratory; D. Petrick, Dynamics Sciences, Inc.; T. G. Horwath, Dr. T. G. Horwath Consulting, LLC

4:50-5:15 PM                     DO-05 
High-nitrogen Compounds for Use in Low-erosivity Gun Propellants
Thomas M. Klapötke and Jörg Stierstorfer, Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich

POSTERS

DP-01
Prestressed Carbon Fiber Composite Overwrapped Gun Tube
Andrew Littlefield, Edward Hyland and John Keating, U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

DP-02
On Predicting the Crystal Structure of Energetic Materials from Quantum Mechanics
Betsy M. Rice, U.S. Army Research Laboratory; Rafal Podeszwa, University of Warsaw; Krzysztof Szalewicz, University of Delaware

DP-03
Critical Evaluation and Modeling of Solid Propellant Dark Zone Experiments
William R. Anderson, Nancy E. Meagher and John A. Vanderhoff, U.S. Army Research Laboratory

DP-04
Atmospheric Scintillation Effects on Electromagnetic Weapons
R. W. McMillan, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command

DP-05
Simulated Proof Testing of Mortar Baseplates
Andrew G. Littlefield and Joseph Sibilia, U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

DP-06
Quantum Mechanical Predictions of Energetic Materials: When Good Theories Go Bad
Edward F. C. Byrd, Cary F. Chabalowski and Betsy M. Rice, U.S. Army Research Laboratory

DP-07
Effect of Rifling Grooves on the Performance of Small-caliber Ammunition
Sidra I. Silton and Paul Weinacht, U.S. Army Research Laboratory

DP-08
Investigations of the Energy Release Mechanisms of Aluminum-Nickel Reactive Material System
Barrie E. Homan, Kevin L. McNesby, John Ritter, Joseph Colburn and Andrew Brant, U.S. Army Research Laboratory; Ravindra Pandey, Michigan Technological University

DP-09
Direct Quantum Mechanical Simulations of Shocked Energetic Materials
William D. Mattson, Radhakrishnan Balu and Betsy M. Rice, U.S. Army Research Laboratory

DP-10
Identifying the Role of Pressure on the Response of Reactive Materials to Thermal Initiation: A Molecular Dynamics Study
Betsy M. Rice and William D. Mattson, U.S. Army Research Laboratory; Anthony D. Yau, High Performance Technologies, Inc.; Timothy P. Weihs, The Johns Hopkins University

DP-11
Promising New High-explosives: Triaminoguanidinium (TAG) and Dinitramide (DN) Salts
Thomas M. Klapötke, Norbert Mayr and Jörg Stierstorfer, Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich

DP-12
Explosive Pulsed Power: An Enabling Technology
L. L. Altgilbers, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command

DP-13
Modeling Combustion Chamber Dynamics of Impinging Stream Vortex Engines Fueled with Hydrazine-alternative Hypergols
C.-C. Chen, M. J. Nusca and M. J. McQuaid, U.S. Army Research Laboratory

DP-14
Capabilities for Magnus Prediction in Subsonic and Transonic Flight
J. DeSpirito and S. I. Silton, U.S. Army Research Laboratory

DP-15
Enhanced Fragmentation Modeling
Peter Rottinger, Richard Fong and William Ng, U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

DP-16
Compact Power Conditioning and RF Systems for a High Power RF Source
K. A. O'Connor and R. D. Curry, University of Missouri, Columbia; L. Altgilbers, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command