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Author:

Hargather, Michael John

Title:

Scaling, characterization, and application of gram-range explosive charges to blast testing of materials

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

schlieren
shadowgraph
TNT equivalence
laboratory-scale explosives
explosive
material blast testing

File:

Download mjhargather_thesis_final_2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Stuart Settles, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Bernhard Anderson, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Gita Talmage, Committee Member

Author:

Biss, Matthew Michael

Title:

CHARACTERIZATION OF BLASTS FROM LABORATORY-SCALE COMPOSITE EXPLOSIVE CHARGES

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Laboratory-scale
Booster charge
Composite explosive charges
Shadowgraph visualization
TNT equivalent

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation-Matthew_Michael_Biss.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Stuart Settles, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Stuart Settles, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
Daniel Linzell, Committee Member
Michael J Hargather, Committee Member

Author:

Svingala, Forrest R

Title:

Laboratory-scale Blast Testing Of Polymers

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

shock hugoniot
polymers
explosives
shock tube
gas gun
solids
shadowgraph
high-speed video
optical methods

File:

Download Svingala_PhD_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Stuart Settles, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member