From: NEAL LANGERMAN <neal**At_Symbol_Here**CHEMICAL-SAFETY.COM>
Subject: [DCHAS-L] Training for handling explosives
Date: January 18, 2013 7:52:22 AM EST
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If anyone at your institution is working with explosive materials, this workshop is (almost) mandatory.

 

Dr. Oxley is one of the leading chemists in the energetic materials field and offers to share her vast experience with the research community.

 

I urge you to pass this information on to your colleagues working in this field.

 

Neal

 

 

Fundamentals of Explosives

 

Chemical & Physical Principles including

blast effects, detection, forensics & HMEs

 

short course on

 

Detection & IED’s

 

Critique of the various technologies used in

forensics and airport screening – bulk, trace

& standoff. New challenges to detection.

Post blast examination & laboratory analysis

 

fail to substitute or cancel by at least 5 work-

ing days before the course starts.

 

Registrants are responsible for their own

travel and lodging arrangements. See

 

http://www.chm.uri.edu/forensics/introexp.shtm

 

April 30- May 2, 2013

 

This course examines the chemistry of ex-

plosives, the physics of detonation waves

and their initiation, and the issues involved in

safe handling and characterizing these. Ex-

plosive output and coupling to surroundings,

with specific application to structural re-

sponse, will be discussed. We will address

terrorist bombings, the gathering, analy-

sis and interpretation of evidence, improvised

explosives, and explosive detection. Lectur-

ers are internationally known experts.

 

Hazards

 

Registration Form

 

Chemistry

 

Chemical makeup of explosives—minimum

requirements to be an explosive and syn-

thetic principles. Initiation of explosives—role

of hot spots, critical diameter & detonation

failure. Evaluation—strength & safety. High-

lighted will be the makeup of “homemade”

explosives (HMEs).

 

Detonation & Shock

Wave Physics

 

Shock and detonation waves. CJ and ZND

models of detonation. Fundamentals of

shock response of solids. Spall. Shock

growth & decay. Graphical solution of plane-

shock transmission. Initiation of detonation.

 

Applications

 

Causes of inadvertent ignition and detona-

tion, identification of hazards and mitigation,

deflagration-to-detonation transition.

 

COURSE INSTRUCTORS

Dr. James Kennedy, retired from Sandia &

Los Alamos National Laboratories, specialist

in initiation & Gurney model

 

Dr. Jimmie Oxley, Professor, Chemistry, U

of Rhode Island; Co-Director of DHS Center

of Excellence Explosives Detection, Mitiga-

tion, Response & URI Forensic Science.

 

Dr. Maurice Marshall, OBE, retired De-

fense Science & Technology Laboratory UK;

specialist in forensics of blast.

 

Dr. Blaine Asay, retired from Los Alamos

National Lab, specializes in non-shock initia-

tion, DDT, and shock physics.

 

REGISTRATION FEE: $1450 (US) should

accompany registration.

 

Fee includes course materials, coffee breaks, and

a dinner. The fee must accompany the registra-

tion form. Space is limited and early registration

is encouraged. The sponsor reserves the right to

accept or decline registrations and to cancel the

course and return all registration fees if enroll-

ment is insufficient.

 

Mining and military—setting requirements to

match the application--Gurney energies,

overpressures, role of metallization, simple

models.

 

Fundamentals of Explosives

April 30 - May 2, 2013

Name ____________________

 

Title: __________________________

 

Affiliation: ____________________

 

Phone: __________Fax: ______

 

E-Mail: ____________________

 

Address: ____________________

 

City: _____________State _____

 

Zip: ____________Date _____________

 

Make checks ($1450) payable to:

University of Rhode Island,

Chemistry Dept.

 

Mail Payment & Registration to:

 

University of Rhode Island

Chemistry Dept

Attn: Jimmie Oxley

Kingston, RI 02881

 

Phone/fax (401) 874-2103 ph/fax

joxley**At_Symbol_Here**chm.uri.edu

 

 

Credit card payment can be accepted by

H.E.R.E. Fax or email Dr. Oxley

 

Purchase of “Aspects of Explosive Detection”

Marshall & Oxley (ed) may be made for an

additional $100.

 

You can schedule a class at your facility. Call Dr. Oxley. 401-874-2103

 

You may be able to attend the classes offered at Picatinny Arsenal Dover, NJ

(see below)

Syllabus for all classes can be found by selecting the class link at http://energetics.chm.uri.edu/?q=node/95

 

Schedule at Picatinny Arsenal

 

Fundamentals of Explosives

 

Propellants & Combustion

 

Fundamentals of Explosives for Technicians

 

Laboratory Analysis of Explosive & Forensics

 

HE Material Characterization & Processing

 

Stability & Compatibility of Explosives

 

Unintended Ignitions Sources/Hazards

 

Dynamic Diagnostics

Material Response under Impulsive Loads

 

Environmental Issues with Explosives

 

Field Instrumentation & Testing

 

To be Scheduled in 2014

 

Air Blast & Structural Response

 

Chemical Synthesis

 

Detection of Explosives at Standoff

 

Detonation & DDT

 

Explosive Devices & Train Design

 

Explosive Protocols

 

Insensitive Munitions

 

Nanomaterials

 

Terrorism Issues

 

Warhead Mechanics

 

Fundamentals of Explosives for Technicians

 

Pyrotechnics

 

Terrorism Issues

 

2013

Feb 26-28

Mar 27, 28

Mar 25,26

April 24-25

May 21-23

June

July

July

August

September

October

November

December

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