ES&T Course Schedule - Petr Explosives Group.com

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Optional Add-On Day: Hands-On High-Speed Imaging

Add-On – September 23^rd
8:30 to 9:00	Welcome & Introductions, Safety Training
9:00 to 10:00	Introduction to High-Speed / Ultra-High-Speed Imaging
10:00 to 10:30	Lenses and Optics in High-Speed / Ultra-High-Speed Imaging
10:30 to 11:00	Illumination and Lighting Considerations/Camera Triggering and Synchronization
11:00 to 12:00	Lunch Break
12:00 to 13:00	Hands-On: Shockwaves / Detonation / Deflagration
13:00 to 14:00	Hands-On: Schlieren/Shadowgraph Methods
14:00 to 16:00	Hands-On: Using Software to Analyze Test Results
16:00 to 17:00	Group Presentations, Discussion & Certificates

Day 1 – September 24^th
8:00 to 8:30	Registration & Safety Information
8:30 to 9:00	Welcome & Introductions – Definitions, commercial and military applications
9:00 to 9:30	Chemistry I – Introduction to Energetic Materials – What makes a material energetic? – How do explosives, propellants and pyrotechnics differ from one another? – Gas vs liquid vs solid – What is the difference between an ingredient and a formulation? – Commercial vs Military explosives (shelf life) – Categories of explosives: primary, secondary, EIDS, binary, tertiary
9:45 to 10:15	Chemistry II – Dramatis Personae *(Ruth)* – Commonly used energetic ingredients and the structures that make them energetic – Molecular explosives vs binary – Types of effects and the energetic materials that produce them – Ideal vs. Nonideal explosives: rate of energy delivery
10:30 to 11:00	Chemistry III – Formulations – Formulations: putting the pieces together – Heterogenous vs homogeneous; hot spots – Processing: types of formulations and methods for assembling them – Strategies for making the most of the ingredients
11:15 to 12:00	Initiation Theory & Systems – Overview and comparisons – DDT and firing train
12:00 to 13:00	Lunch Break
13:00 to 13:45	Shock Wave Physics – Theory – What is a shock wave? – Physical description – Mathematical description – Equation of State – Frame of reference – Reflection & Rarefaction waves
14:00 to 14:45	Detonation Physics I – What is a detonation wave? – Physical description – Mathematical description – Equation of State – Reactants and Products – Mixture rules
15:00 to 15:45	Detonation Physics II – Chapman-Jouguet detonation – Overdriven detonation – Ideal versus non ideal – Simplified models – Gurney equations – Program Burn – Reactive Burn models
16:00 to 17:00	Material Properties Under Dynamic Load – Spall & Fracture
17:00 to 18:00	Break
18:00 to 19:30	Welcome Banquet

Day 2 – September 25^th
8:00 to 9:00	Explosives Instrumentation and Diagnostics – Overview & comparisons – Active vs passive devices
9:00 to 9:45	Explosives Effects and Damage
10:00 to 10:45	Explosives Disposal and Decontamination
11:00 to 11:30	Fire Prevention and Protection
11:30 to 12:00	Group Discussion
12:00 to 13:00	Lunch Break
13:00 to 14:30	Explosives Transportation & Storage
14:45 to 15:30	Numerical Methods I – Why we need numerical models and how to use them; Eulerian, Lagrangian, ALE, others – Implicit and explicit solvers – Conservation equations and conservation forms of numerical methods – Accuracy, stability, and verification
15:45 to 16:15	Numerical Methods II – Elements of a simple Eulerian hydrocode – Elements of a simple Lagrangian hydrocode – Issues associated with Eulerian methods – Issues associated with Lagrangian methods
16:30 to 17:00	Numerical Methods III – Examples with Eulerian methods – Examples with Lagrangian methods – Code verification – Model validation

Day 3 – September 26^th
8:00 to 9:00	3D Printing Manufacturing I
9:00 to 9:45	3D Printing Manufacturing II
10:00 to 10:45	Other Formulations – Propellants and safety considerations
11:00 to 11:30	Explosive Manufacturing – Nitrates, ANFO, HMX, RDX, emulsions – Factors affecting choice of manufacturing method (synthesis and formulations) – Examples of production of some common ingredients
11:30 to 12:00	Group Discussion
12:00 to 13:00	Lunch Break
13:00 to 13:45	Applications I – Mining
14:00 to 14:45	Applications II – Metal Forming & Military
15:00 to 15:45	Applications III – Special Uses
16:00 to 16:45	Variables Affecting Human Performance

Day 4 – September 27^th
8:00 to 9:00	Laboratory & Test Procedure Safety I – Types of evaluation done early in development – Small-scale safety tests: what do they mean? – UN transportation material property characterization
9:00 to 9:45	Laboratory & Test Procedure Safety II – Large scale; case studies; DOT; aquarium tests; cylindrical tests – Safety requirements; Pressures of human damage; safe distances; blast shields
10:00 to 10:45	Laboratory & Test Procedure Safety III – Scale-up – DOE requirements – Safety requirements – Storage; indoor vs outdoor
11:00 to 12:00	Open Discussion/Wrap-Up; Certificates