Bulletin of the American Physical Society

16th APS Topical Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter

Volume 54, Number 8

Sunday–Friday, June 28–July 3 2009; Nashville, Tennessee

Session Index

Session U1: DC-3: Modeling Shock Chemistry

Chair: Caroline Handley, AWE
Room: Tennessee Ballroom C

Thursday, July 2, 2009 11:00AM - 11:15AM		U1.00001: Ellipsoidal Voids as a Trigger of Hot Spots in Solids Michael Grinfeld Preview Abstract
Thursday, July 2, 2009 11:15AM - 11:30AM		U1.00002: Vibrational energy transfer in shocked molecular crystals Joe Hooper Preview Abstract
Thursday, July 2, 2009 11:30AM - 11:45AM		U1.00003: On Delayed Detonation (XDT) Under Fragment Impact -- An Analysis of Experimental Data and a Simple Phenomenological Model Malcolm Cook, Peter Haskins Preview Abstract
Thursday, July 2, 2009 11:45AM - 12:00PM		U1.00004: Monte Carlo simulations of ionizing shock waves in argon Patrick O'Connor, Christopher Boswell Preview Abstract
Thursday, July 2, 2009 12:00PM - 12:15PM		U1.00005: Maximum Entropy of Effective Reaction Theory of Steady Non-ideal Detonation Simon Watt, Martin Braithwaite, William Byers Brown, Samuel Falle, Gary Sharpe Preview Abstract
Thursday, July 2, 2009 12:15PM - 12:30PM		U1.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session U2: EOS-2: Equations of State

Chair: Cynthia Schwartz, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Hermitage AB

Thursday, July 2, 2009 11:00AM - 11:15AM		U2.00001: Equation of State of Warm Dense Hydrogen at Megabar Pressure Range V.K. Gryaznov, I.L. Iosilevskiy Preview Abstract
Thursday, July 2, 2009 11:15AM - 11:30AM		U2.00002: Planar Impact Study of a Shear Thickening Fluid Oren Petel, Andrew Higgins Preview Abstract
Thursday, July 2, 2009 11:30AM - 12:00PM		U2.00003: Shock-Wave Exploration of the High-Pressure Phases of Carbon Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, July 2, 2009 12:00PM - 12:15PM		U2.00004: Optimized Nested Markov Chain Monte Carlo Sampling: Theory Joshua Coe, Thomas D. Sewell, M. Sam Shaw Preview Abstract
Thursday, July 2, 2009 12:15PM - 12:30PM		U2.00005: Optimized Nested Markov Chain Monte Carlo Sampling: Application to the Liquid Nitrogen Hugoniot Using Density Functional Theory M. Sam Shaw, Joshua D. Coe, Thomas D. Sewell Preview Abstract

Session U3: CM-5: Continuum and Multiscale Modeling of Strength

Chair: Peter Gould, QinetiQ
Room: Hermitage C

Thursday, July 2, 2009 11:00AM - 11:30AM		U3.00001: Mesoscopic studies of shock compression involving structural phase transformations and plasticity Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, July 2, 2009 11:30AM - 11:45AM		U3.00002: An Assessment of Diamond Anvil Cell Measurements of Material Flow Strength Ryan Vignes, Rich Becker, Jeff Florando, Hyunchae Cynn, Mukul Kumar Preview Abstract
Thursday, July 2, 2009 11:45AM - 12:00PM		U3.00003: Damage development in high purity copper under varying dynamic conditions and microstructural states using Continuum Damage Mechanics Nicola Bonora, Andrew Ruggiero, Luca Esposito Preview Abstract
Thursday, July 2, 2009 12:00PM - 12:15PM		U3.00004: Defect induced structural-scaling transitions and shock waves evolution in large range of strain rates (experimental and theoretical study) Oleg Naimark, Yuri Bayandin, Marvin Zocher, Dean Preston Preview Abstract
Thursday, July 2, 2009 12:15PM - 12:30PM		U3.00005: Strength of Shocked Aluminum Oxynitride J. Zhu, R. Feng, D.P. Dandekar Preview Abstract

Session U4: ED-3a: Other Diagnostics

Chair: Dan Dolan, Sandia National Laboratories
Room: Hermitage D

Thursday, July 2, 2009 11:00AM - 11:15AM		U4.00001: Impact Stress Measurement Using Piezoelectric Probes with PZT and LN Elements Alan Mears, Nathan Routley, Paul Kendall Preview Abstract
Thursday, July 2, 2009 11:15AM - 11:30AM		U4.00002: Using the Thermoelectric Effect to Measure Hugoniot of Metals Ilan Be'ery, Zvi Rozenberg Preview Abstract
Thursday, July 2, 2009 11:30AM - 11:45AM		U4.00003: Coherent THz electromagnetic radiation emission as a diagnostic of ultrafast phase transformations in shocked CdSe Evan Reed, Michael Armstrong, Kiyong Kim, James Glownia, William Howard, Edwin Piner, John Roberts Preview Abstract
Thursday, July 2, 2009 11:45AM - 12:00PM		U4.00004: Pyrometry temperature studies of shocked tin including investigations exploring surface defects, anvil diameter and the integration with emissivity diagnostics Caroline Shenton-Taylor, James De'Ath, Thomas Ota Preview Abstract
Thursday, July 2, 2009 12:00PM - 12:15PM		U4.00005: Powder X-ray Diffraction Using the Omega Laser Jon Eggert, Ryan Rygg, Raymond Smith, Marina Bastea, Yuan Ping, Ronnie Shepherd, Gilbert Collins Preview Abstract
Thursday, July 2, 2009 12:15PM - 12:30PM		U4.00006: Characterizing Detonator Output Using Dynamic Witness Plates Michael Murphy, Ronald Adrian Preview Abstract

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