Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2005 14th APS Topical Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter

Sunday–Friday, July 31–August 5 2005; Baltimore, MD

Session Index

Session B2: Energetic Materials I

Chair: Von Whitley, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head
Room: Hyatt Regency Constellation C

Monday, August 1, 2005 9:00AM - 9:15AM		B2.00001: Links between crystal morphology and shock sensitivity in granular RDX Helen Czerski, Martin Greenaway, William Proud Preview Abstract
Monday, August 1, 2005 9:15AM - 9:30AM		B2.00002: First-principles studies of PETN molecular crystal vibrational frequencies under high pressure Warren Perger, Jijun Zhao, J.M. Winey, Y.M. Gupta Preview Abstract
Monday, August 1, 2005 9:30AM - 9:45AM		B2.00003: First-principles studies of RDX crystals under compression Jijun Zhao, J.M. Winey, Y.M. Gupta, Warren Perger Preview Abstract
Monday, August 1, 2005 9:45AM - 10:00AM		B2.00004: Vibrational Spectroscopic Studies of Reduced-Sensitivity RDX under Static Compression Chak Wong, Jared Gump Preview Abstract
Monday, August 1, 2005 10:00AM - 10:15AM		B2.00005: Time-Resolved, Optical Spectroscopy Measurements of RDX Single Crystals Shocked along Different Orientations James Patterson, Naoki Hemmi, Yogendra Gupta Preview Abstract
Monday, August 1, 2005 10:15AM - 10:30AM		B2.00006: Comparison of Reaction Kinetics of iRDX vs. RDX at High Pressure Jared Gump, Suhithi Peiris Preview Abstract

Session B3: Focus Session: Ultra-High Pressure Shocks (P>>1 Mbar)

Chair: Gilbert Collins, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Room: Hyatt Regency Constellation D

Monday, August 1, 2005 9:00AM - 9:30AM		B3.00001: Creating Extreme Material Properties with High-Energy Laser Systems Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, August 1, 2005 9:30AM - 10:00AM		B3.00002: Magnetically-Driven Isentropic Compression Status and Future Advances Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, August 1, 2005 10:00AM - 10:15AM		B3.00003: Ultra-High Pressure Shock Compression at the Sandia Z Accelerator. Marcus Knudson, R.W. Lemke, M.P. Desjarlais, C. Deeney Preview Abstract
Monday, August 1, 2005 10:15AM - 10:30AM		B3.00004: Accuracy and Sensitivity of Hugoniot Measurements at Ultrahigh Pressures W.J. Nellis Preview Abstract

Session B4: Inelastic Deformation I - Spall I

Chair: Kaliat Ramesh, John Hopkins University
Room: Hyatt Regency Constellation E

Monday, August 1, 2005 9:00AM - 9:15AM		B4.00001: Abnormal Spall Behavior Observed in Pure Iron and FeMnNi Alloy Undergoing \textbf{$\alpha -\varepsilon$} Phase Transition Zhiping Tang, Xinhua Zhang, Weiwei Xu, Xiaojun Tang, Haibo Hu Preview Abstract
Monday, August 1, 2005 9:15AM - 9:30AM		B4.00002: Iron damage and spalling behavior below and above shock induced alpha $\alpha \Leftrightarrow \varepsilon $ phase transition Christophe Voltz, Fran\c{c}ois Buy, Gilles Roy Preview Abstract
Monday, August 1, 2005 9:30AM - 9:45AM		B4.00003: Large tensions and strength of iron in different structure states Sergey Razorenov, Gennady Kanel, Andrey Savinykh, Vladimir Fortov Preview Abstract
Monday, August 1, 2005 9:45AM - 10:00AM		B4.00004: Peculiarities of Damage Nucleation Stage at Intensive Loading of Copper Olga Ignatova Preview Abstract
Monday, August 1, 2005 10:00AM - 10:15AM		B4.00005: Damage Characterization in Copper Deformed Under Hydrostatic Stress - Experimental Analysis Philip Flater, Robert De Angelis, Joel House Preview Abstract
Monday, August 1, 2005 10:15AM - 10:30AM		B4.00006: Scaling Relationships and Dynamic Failure Roger Minich, Mukul Kumar Preview Abstract

Session B5: First-Principles & Molecular Dynamics Calculations I

Chair: Stephane Mazevet, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Hyatt Regency Constellation F

Monday, August 1, 2005 9:00AM - 9:15AM		B5.00001: Designing Meaningful Density Functional Theory Calculations in Materials Science A.E. Mattsson, P.A. Schultz, M.P. Desjarlais, T.R. Mattsson, K. Leung Preview Abstract
Monday, August 1, 2005 9:15AM - 9:30AM		B5.00002: Simulations of water in giant planets: discovery of symmetric H-bonding in the superionic phase Nir Goldman, Laurence Fried Preview Abstract
Monday, August 1, 2005 9:30AM - 9:45AM		B5.00003: Electrical conductivity of shocked water from Density Functional Theory Thomas R. Mattsson, Michael P. Desjarlais Preview Abstract
Monday, August 1, 2005 9:45AM - 10:00AM		B5.00004: Path Integral Monte Carlo Calculations of Thermodynamic Properties of Dense Hydrogen-Helium Plasma Vladimir Filinov, Pavel Levashov, Michael Bonitz, Vladimir Fortov Preview Abstract
Monday, August 1, 2005 10:00AM - 10:15AM		B5.00005: Ab-initio Based Simulations High-Pressure Phases of Nitrogen Federico Zahariev, Anguang Hu, James Hooper, Tom Woo, Fan Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, August 1, 2005 10:15AM - 10:30AM		B5.00006: Unified transition path and universal transition state for ZB to RS or WZ to RS high pressure phase transition Maosheng Miao, Walter R.L. Lambrecht Preview Abstract

Session B6: Equation of State I

Chair: Eric Chisolm, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Hyatt Regency Chesapeake A/B

Monday, August 1, 2005 9:00AM - 9:15AM		B6.00001: Structural Phase Transitions {\&} Equation of State of Aluminum from First Principles Xia Lu, Sathya Hanagud Preview Abstract
Monday, August 1, 2005 9:15AM - 9:30AM		B6.00002: Thermodynamically based equation of state for shock wave studies. Application to the design of experiments on tin. Francois Buy, Christophe Voltz, Fabrice Llorca Preview Abstract
Monday, August 1, 2005 9:30AM - 9:45AM		B6.00003: Testing a Liquid EOS Model Against Cu Data S.D. Crockett, C.W. Greeff, J.D. Johnson Preview Abstract
Monday, August 1, 2005 9:45AM - 10:00AM		B6.00004: Wide-Range Multiphase Equations of State for Matter in Tabular Form and Their Applications Pavel Levashov, Konstantin Khishchenko Preview Abstract
Monday, August 1, 2005 10:00AM - 10:15AM		B6.00005: Building of Equations of State with Numerous Phase Transitions --- Application to Bismuth Olivier Heuze Preview Abstract

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