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Session 00   Plenary Presentation (Tuesday Morning)

8:30 AM   117   Plenary Presentation (1 hour presentation) Blast Impact Survivability (From Providence to Providence – A Personal Journey; A Lifetime of Breaking Things.)
  G.N. Nurick, University of Cape Town


Session 00A   Plenary Presentation (Tuesday Afternoon)

1:20 PM   116   Plenary Presentation (1 hour presentation) Challenges to Fielding Robust, Durable, Re-usable Platforms Capable of Sustained Hypersonic Flight and Responsive Space Access
  R. Chona, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory


Session 00B   Plenary Presentation (Wednesday Morning)

8:30 AM   119   Plenary Presentation (1 hour presentation) Performance of Ship Structures Under Extreme Environments - ONR Related Research Thrust Areas
  Y.D.S. Rajapakse, Office of Naval Research


Session 00C   Plenary Presentation (Wednesday Afternoon)

1:20 PM   118   Plenary Presentation (1 hour presentation) The Mechanical Performance of Polymers and Polymer Composites at High Strain-rates
  W.G. Proud, Imperial College London; D. Porter, University of Oxford; P.J. Gould, QinetiQ Ltd; D.M. Williamson, S.M. Walley, University of Cambridge


Session 00D   Plenary Presentation (Thursday Morning)

8:30 AM   120   Plenary Presentation (1 hour presentation) Extreme Loading of Critical Infrastructure
  S.C. Woodson, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center


Session 01   In Honor of Gerald Nurick: Blast Mitigation I (Tuesday Morning)

10:00 AM   23   Sandwich Panels Subjected to Multiple Intense Shocks
  A. Vaziri, A. Ajdari, Northeastern University

10:20 AM   86   Blast Loading of 3D Woven Composites
  M. Pankow, B. Justusson, A. Salvi, A.M. Waas, University of Michigan; C.-F. Yen, S. Ghiorse, U.S. Army Research Laboratory

10:40 AM   109   The Blast Resistance of Sandwich Composites With a Functionally Graded Core and Polyurea Interlayer
  N. Gardner, A. Shukla, The University of Rhode Island

11:00 AM   74   Dynamic Response of Submerged Composite Sandwich Structures to Blast Loading
  S.S. Avachat, M. Zhou, Georgia Institute of Technology

11:20 AM   18   Impact and Blast Loading of Glass-Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composites
  H. Arora, P. Hooper, J.P. Dear, Imperial College London

11:40 AM   47   Response of V-shape Plates to Localised Blast Load
  S.C.K. Yuen, G.S. Langdon, G.N. Nurick, E.G. Pickering, University of Cape Town


Session 02   SHPB I and Dynamic Loading (Tuesday Morning)

10:00 AM   15   Dynamic Response of Gelatin Under Compression, Tension, and Shear
  G. Subhash, University of Florida

10:20 AM   132   Interaction Load Identification in Explosive Events With an Experiment and Simulation Integrated Approach
  S. Xu, Georgia Southern University; V. Tiwari, X.M. Deng, M.A. Sutton, University of South Carolina; M. Davoud, Georgia Southern University; W.L. Fourney, University of Maryland, College Park

10:40 AM   46   Response of Magnesium Nanocomposite to Quasi-static and Dynamic Loading
  Y.B. Guo, V.P.W. Shim, B.W.F. Tan, National University of Singapore

11:00 AM   28   Behavior of Thin Walled Cylinders Under Pulse Loading
  A. Malladi, B. Aswin, P. Venkitanarayanan, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

11:20 AM   101   Split Hopkinson Bar Experiments of Preloaded Interfaces
  J.R. Foley, J.C. Dodson, C.M. McKinion, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory; V.K. Luk, Sandia National Laboratories; G.L. Falbo, LMS Americas

11:40 AM   126   Establishment and Development of Laboratory Based Motorcycle Crash Test Facility
  C.L. Tan, University Putra Malaysia; S.V. Wong, University Putra Malaysia/Malaysia Institute of Road Safety Research


Session 03   Impact I (Tuesday Morning)

10:00 AM   128   Effects of Beam Growth and Axial Force in Progressive Collapse Analysis of RC Structures
  A. Kazemi, M. Sasani, Northeastern University

10:20 AM   81   Composite Versus Steel Rails for Vehicle Front Impact Safety
  A. Deb, P. Lakshmanan, Indian Institute of Science; D.K. Kharat, Armament Research & Development Establishment; S.C. Lakkad, Indian Institute of Technology

10:40 AM   94   Growth of Hole in Thin Plates Under Hypervelocity Impact of Cylindrical Projectiles
  M. Hosseini, Lorestan University; H. Abbas, King Saud University; N.K. Gupta, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

11:00 AM   39   Deflection Study of Urethane Rubber Beam Model Under Impact Loading
  D. Goldar, Delhi College of Engineering

11:20 AM   111   Numerical Investigation of Different Strength After Impact Test Procedures
  M. Klaus, H.-G. Reimerdes, RWTH Aachen University

11:40 AM   63   Solder Joint Failure From Impact-induced Flexure of PCBs
  S.K.W. Seah, V.P.W. Shim, National University of Singapore


Session 04   In Honor of Gerald Nurick: Blast Mitigation II (Tuesday Early Afternoon)

2:30 PM   20   Blast and Impact Resistance of Laminated Glass Structures
  P. Hooper, H. Arora, J.P. Dear, Imperial College London

2:50 PM   97   Dynamic Response of Glass Panels Subjected to Shock Loading
  P. Kumar, A. Shukla, University of Rhode Island

3:10 PM   130   Ultra-high Speed Imaging and DIC for Explosive System Observation
  P.L. Reu, M.A. Cooper, T.J. Miller, Sandia National Laboratories


Session 05   Constitutive Properties I (Tuesday Early Afternoon)

2:30 PM   83   Using Designed Damage to Study Incipient Nucleation in Pure Aluminum
  M.T. Tucker, J.F. Binger, C-F. Chen, C. Liu, G.T. Gray, III, Los Alamos National Laboratory

2:50 PM   124   On the Cosserat-type Constitutive Equations in the Theory of Thin-walled Structures
  H. Altenbach, V.A. Eremeyev, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

3:10 PM   70   A Constitutive Model for Thermoplastics With Some Applications
  A.H. Clausen, Structural Impact Laboratory/Norwegian University of Science and Technology; M.T. Hovden, Norwegian University of Science and Technology; M. Polanco-Loria, T. Berstad, Structural Impact Laboratory/SINTEF Materials and Chemistry; O.S. Hopperstad, Structural Impact Laboratory/Norwegian University of Science and Technology


Session 06   Elastic/Plastic Behavior (Tuesday Early Afternoon)

2:30 PM   96   Prediction of Transient Loads and Perforation of Engine Casing During Blade-off Event of Fan Rotor Assembly
  R. Jain, Gas Turbine Research Establishment

2:50 PM   73   A Parametric Elastoplasticity Description
  A. Meyers, H. Xiao, O.T. Bruhns, Ruhr-University Bochum

3:10 PM   69   Ultra High Speed DIC on a Three Point Bending Test Mounted on a Hopkinson Bar
  F. Pierron, Arts et Métiers ParisTech; M.A. Sutton, V. Tiwari, University of South Carolina


Session 07   In Honor of Gerald Nurick: Blast Mitigation III (Tuesday Late Afternoon)

4:00 PM   45   Pressures on Targets From Buried Explosions
  L.C. Taylor, W.L. Fourney, H.U. Leiste, University of Maryland, College Park

4:20 PM   67   Blast Tube Loading of Plates Using an Instrumented Ballistic Pendulum
  T.J. Cloete, G.N. Nurick, University of Cape Town

4:40 PM   66   Blast Loading on Semi-buried Structures With Soil-structure Interaction
  M. Kumar, V.A. Matsagar, K.S. Rao, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

5:00 PM   29   Progressive Collapse Analysis of a Typical RC Building of Riyadh
  T.H. Almusallam, King Saud University; P. Mendis, T. Ngo, University of Melbourne; H.M. Elsanadedy, H. Abbas, S.H Alsayed, Y.A. Al-Salloum, M.S. Al-Haddad, King Saud University

5:20 PM   110   USDHS-S&T/IGD Advanced Materials Database
  M. Ettouney, Weidlinger Associates, Inc.; M. Kennett, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; E. Kennett, National Institute of Building Sciences; R. Payn, db Interactive


Session 08   Constitutive Properties II (Tuesday Late Afternoon)

4:00 PM   43   Deformation Criterion of Low Carbon Steel Subjected to High Speed Impacts
  W. Visser, G. Plume, C.-E. Rousseau, O. Gregory, H. Ghonem, The University of Rhode Island

4:20 PM   90   A Bi-Failure Specimen for Accessing the Performance of Failure Criteria
  M. Alves, L. Driemeier, University of São Paulo

4:40 PM   82   Behaviors of Steel Hat Section Components Under Axial Impact Loading
  A. Deb, Indian Institute of Science; A.K. Chigalapulli, Tata Technologies; B. Haorongbam, Indian Institute of Science; N.K. Gupta, Indian Institute of Technology

5:00 PM   22   Experimental Study on the Buckling Mode of Aluminium Extrusions
  Ø. Fyllingen, Bergen University College; M. Langseth, O.S. Hopperstad, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

5:20 PM   121   Directional Effects of Explosions in One-sided Open Cubical Structures
  H. Lal, S.K. Vasudeva, DRDO


Session 09   Impact II (Tuesday Late Afternoon)

4:00 PM   31   10+ km/sec Hypervelocity Impact Modeling with a Lagrangian Solver
  A.J. Ward, R.P. Nance, X. Xiao, A. Shirley, J.R. Cogar, Corvid Technologies

4:20 PM   80   A Preliminary Investigation Into the Spall Strength of Cast Iron
  G. Plume, C.-E. Rousseau, The University of Rhode Island

4:40 PM   127   Dynamic Failure of Monolithic and Layered PMMA and PC Plates
  S.A. Tekalur, W. Zhang, L. Huynh, Michigan State University

5:00 PM   34   Impact Behavior of SBR-latex Modified Fiber Reinforced Concrete Beams
  S.A.K. Zai, Bangalore University; G.L. Easwara Prasad, V.T. University; N.K. Gupta, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi; N. Munirudrappa, V.T. University; K. Muthumani, SERC Chennai


Session 10   Blast Mitigation IV (Wednesday Morning)

10:00 AM   91   Progressive Damage and Delamination in Composite Plates Under Dynamic Loading
  D. Bamford, Naval Undersea Warfare Center; D. Hufner, General Dynamics Electric Boat; M. Accorsi, University of Connecticut

10:20 AM   102   Energy and Impulse Evaluation During a Shock Tube Experiment
  E. Wang, A. Shukla, The University of Rhode Island

10:40 AM   42   Design of an Advanced Helmet Liner to Reduce TBI: The Case for Simulations
  R. Goel, A. Vechart, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; B. Schimizze, Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies of Materials; G. Christou, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; A. Jérusalem, Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies of Materials; L.R. Young, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; S. Son, Purdue University

11:00 AM   68   Dynamic Response of Shell Structures Subjected to Explosive Loads
  M.D. Goel, Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute; V.A. Matsagar, G.S. Benipal, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi; A.K. Gupta, Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute

11:20 AM   59   Blast Loading of Triangular Conical Truncated Energy Absorber
  M.A. Aleitani, Jeddah Municipality; M.A. Alzahrani, A.A. Aljinidi, King Abdulaziz University

11:40 AM   65   The Optimal Transportation Meshfree (OTM) Method for Ballistic Limit Impact Simulations
  B. Li, A. Kidane, G. Ravichandran, M. Ortiz, California Institute of Technology


Session 11   SHPB II (Wednesday Morning)

10:00 AM   105   Dynamic Constitutive Behavior and Fracture Initiation Toughness of Hastelloy X Under Thermo-mechanical Loads
  S. Abotula, A. Shukla, The University of Rhode Island; R. Chona, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory

10:20 AM   48   Axial Loading of Cylinders Made of Nylon With Nano-particles
  R.T. Moura, L.M. Mazzariol, University of São Paulo; A.H. Clausen, M. Langseth, Norwegian University of Science and Technology; M. Alves, University of São Paulo

10:40 AM   37   Dynamic Tensile Characterization of a 4330-V Steel With Kolsky Bar Techniques
  B. Song, B.R. Antoun, K. Connelly, Sandia National Laboratories

11:00 AM   76   Dynamic Constitutive Behavior of Reinforced Hydrogels Inside Liquid Environment
  S. Padamati, V.B. Chalivendra, A. Agrawal, P.D. Calvert, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

11:20 AM   56   High and Low Temperature Techniques in Hopkinson Split Bar Testing
  V.-T. Kuokkala, M. Apostol, M. Hokka, Tampere University of Technology


Session 12   Impact III (Wednesday Morning)

10:00 AM   32   Hypervelocity Impact of Spaced Plates: Simulation and Comparison to Data
  M. Worsham, A. Kurtz, A. Shirley, X. Xiao, Corvid Technologies

10:20 AM   51   Projectile Impact Behavior of Flock Fiber Z-Reinforced Composites
  H.O. Colón, J.M. Rice, Y.K. Kim, V.B. Chalivendra, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

10:40 AM   33   Modeling Ballistic Impact of Anisotropic 2024 Aluminum Plate
  A Gilat, J.D Seidt, The Ohio State University

11:00 AM   114   Effect of Blast Loading on CFRP Retrofitted RC Columns
  H.M. Elsanadedy, T.H. Almusallam, H. Abbas, Y.A. Al-Salloum, S.H Alsayed, M.S. Al-Haddad, King Saud University

11:20 AM   57   Effect of Target Span and Projectile Nose Shape on the Ballistic Resistance
  P.K. Gupta, S.K. Tak, M.A. Iqbal, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

11:40 AM   122   Probabilistic Analysis of Composite Panels Under Low Velocity Impact
  S. Ahmad, N. K. Gupta, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi


Session 13   Blast Mitigation V (Wednesday Early Afternoon)

2:30 PM   41   Material Systems for Blast-energy Dissipation
  B. Langhorst, Idaho National Laboratory; C. Cook, Idaho National Laboratory/The University of Montana; J. Schondel, H.S. Chu, Idaho National Laboratory

2:50 PM   104   Effect of Temperature on the Dynamic Performance of the Core Material, Face-sheets and the Sandwich Composite
  S. Gupta, A. Shukla, The University of Rhode Island

3:10 PM   87   Blast Response of Sandwich Shells With Crushable Foam Cores
  M.S. Hoo Fatt, H. Surabhi, Y. Gao, The University of Akron


Session 14   Emerging Fields (Wednesday Early Afternoon)

2:30 PM   25   Self-Healing Concrete
  A. Bose, M.M. Pelletier, University of Rhode Island

2:50 PM   88   Reinforcement Preform Architecture for Short Fiber Reinforced Composites Using Triboelectic, Electrostatic and Pneumatic Principles
  M.N. Kumbhani, University of Massachusetts Lowell, J.M. Rice, Y.K. Kim, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

3:10 PM   85   Multi-axial ‘Pre-yield’ Behavior of Polymeric Cellular Foam and Sea Water Effects
  A. Siriruk, A. Sharma, D. Penumadu, University of Tennessee


Session 15   Plasticity (Wednesday Early Afternoon)

2:30 PM   106   Determination of Constitutive Response of Plastically Graded Materials
  G Subhash, B. Nathan, N. Arakere, M. KLecka, University of Florida

2:50 PM   21   A Thermo-mechanically-coupled Theory for the Damage and Failure of Amorphous Polymers
  S.A. Chester, V. Srivastava, L. Anand, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

3:10 PM   53   Deformation Recovery Derived From a Finite J2-Flow Model
  O.T. Bruhns, H. Xiao, A. Meyers, Ruhr-University Bochum


Session 16   Blast Mitigation VI (Wednesday Late Afternoon)

4:00 PM   93   Characterization: Performance Estimation for HME
  J. Oxley, J. Smith, J. Kennedy,The University of Rhode Island; S. Stewart, University of Illinois; P. Bowden, R. Rettinger, The University of Rhode Island

4:20 PM   115   Blast Mitigation Properties of Damaged Sandwich Composites
  M. Jackson, Naval Undersea Warfare Center; A. Shukla, The University of Rhode Island

4:40 PM   113   Blast Propagation Through Sandwich Composites With Stepwise Graded Cores
  A.D. Pierce, Boston University

5:00 PM   107   Dynamic Compressive Strength and Energy Absorption of Aluminium Foams
  D. Karagiozova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences/University of Cape Town

5:20 PM   131   Study of Machining as an Impact Phenomenon and Stress Wave Propagation
  Girish Velamakanni, Chittaranjan Sahay, University of Hartford


Session 17   Wave Propagation (Wednesday Late Afternoon)

4:00 PM   72   Stress Wave Propagation in Functionally Graded Solids Under Impact Loading
  J.-H. Kim, G. Anandakumar, University of Connecticut

4:20 PM   26   Dynamic Mechanical Behavior of Hierarchically-structured Composites
  H.A. Bruck, University of Maryland

4:40 PM   77   Dynamic Attenuation Properties of Syntactic Foams
  B. Ale, C.-E. Rousseau, The University of Rhode Island

5:00 PM   36   Stress Wave Propagation in a Composite Beam Subjected to Transverse Impact
  B. Song, H. Jin, W.-Y. Lu, Sandia National Laboratories

5:20 PM   27   Wave Propagation in one Dimensional Granular Media: Experiments and Modeling
  T. On, J. Lambros, Y. Starosvetsky, A. Vakakis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign


Session 18   Dynamic Loading (Wednesday Late Afternoon)

4:00 PM   49   Scaling of Blast Loading Experiments for Buried Explosives
  M.A. Sutton, X.M. Deng, V. Tiwari, X. Zhao, University of South Carolina; W.L. Fourney, H.U. Leiste, University of Maryland, College Park

4:20 PM   92   Effects of High G-loading on MEMS Structure and Die Attachment
  R.T. Marinis, Sandia National Laboratories; P. Heft, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; J.W. Soucy, Draper Laboratory; P.B. Ruffin, U.S. Army; M. Zwiener, University of Alabama Huntsville; R.J. Pryputniewicz, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

4:40 PM   79   Study of Possible use of Strain-rate Dependent Materials in Protective Helmets
  J. Kunecky, O. Jirousek, Czech Technical University

5:00 PM   64   Large Plastic Deflection of a Fully Clamped Beam Under Impact
  F.L. Chen, Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics; T.X. Yu, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology


Session 19   Blast Mitigation VII (Thursday Morning)

10:00 AM   100   Localised Blast Loaded Circular Plates: An Experimental and Numerical Investigation
  V.H. Balden, G.N. Nurick, University of Cape Town

10:20 AM   40   Distribution of Specific Impulse on Vehicles Subjected to IED’s
  W.L. Fourney, H.U. Leiste, A. Hauck, D. Jung, University of Maryland, College Park

10:40 AM   14   Underwater Explosive Loading of E-Glass/Epoxy Composite Plates: Experimental and Computational Comparisons
  J. LeBlanc, Naval Undersea Warfare Center

11:00 AM   89   Mitigating Effect of Polymer Coating on Deformation From Non-ideal Explosions
  J. Damazo, California Institute of Technology; K. Chow-Yee, University of California, Berkeley; J. Karnesky, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory; J.E. Shepherd, California Institute of Technology

11:20 AM   98   A Coupled Eulerian/Lagrangian Simulation of Blast Dynamics
  D. Miller, H. Pan, R.P. Nance, A. Shirley, J. Cogar, Corvid Technologies

11:40 AM   108   Underwater Explosion Bubble Jetting Effects on Structures
  J.L. O'Daniel, Engineer Research and Development Center; R.Z. Ilamni, G. Harris, Naval Surface Warfare Center; G. Chahine, DynaFlow, Inc.


Session 20   Crash Mechanisms (Thursday Morning)

10:00 AM   24   In-plane Dynamic Crushing and Energy Absorption of Cellular Structures
  A. Ajdari, S. Babaee, A. Vaziri, Northeastern University

10:20 AM   44   Development of Compact Shock Energy Absorber to Improve Structural Crashworthiness
  B.K. Parida, X. Xin, J. Carter, A.K. Zaouk, G. Samavedam, QinetiQ North America; S. Punwani, Federal Railroad Administration

10:40 AM   38   Energy Absorption Characteristics of Circular Composites Tubes in Quasi Static and Impact Loading
  R. Muralikannan, R. Velmurugan, G.L. Easwara Prasad, Indian Institute of Technology Madras

11:00 AM   129   Finite Element Modeling of Post-punching Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Flat Slab Structures
  Y. Mirzaei, M. Sasani, Northeastern University

11:20 AM   62   Failure Models Evaluations on Structures Under Low Speed Crash - Experiments and Simulations
  E.B. Bugelli, L. Driemeier, General Motors Brazil


Session 21   Impact IV (Thursday Morning)

10:00 AM   95   Inertia Effects in the Impact Response of Soft Materials
  E. Nishida, Sandia National Laboratories; W.W. Chen, Purdue University

10:20 AM   50   Structure/Property Relations of Aluminum Under Varying Rates and Stress States
  M.T. Tucker, Los Alamos National Laboratory; M.F. Horstemeyer, W.R. Whittington, K.N. Solanki, Mississippi State University

10:40 AM   11   Effect of Projectile Nose and Incidence Angle on Ballistic Resistance
  M.A. Iqbal, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee; N.K. Gupta, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

11:00 AM   123   Limitations and Error Analysis of Strain on Flat Sheets Using DIC
  M. Sarangi, K. Hasija, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

 

 

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