Short-Courses

Safety Awareness Education Course

APRIL 23, 2010, distributed to various locations via WebEx Meeting Center

This is a closed event and advanced registration is required. Please contact Mariah Nobrega for registration or more information via email: mnobrega@coe.neu.edu or by phone at 617-373-3031. This course will be held on a semi-annual basis, contact Mariah Nobrega for future dates.

Topics will include basic laboratory best practices, DoD contractor safety manuals and storage regulations, required testing and the meaning of test results, handling requirements specific to each explosive, and historic explosive accidents for a "lessons learned". At course completion, students should be able to determine whether an operation is safe or not. If not, he should know what approach he should take to make the operation safe.

The short course will be taught by Jimmie Oxley.

 

 

An ALERT Short Course, Dynamic Compression & Fracture of Materials

AUG. 17-21, 2009 AT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

Understanding and modeling the response of materials to dynamic loading, characterized by high stresses and short time scales, is central to mitigation strategies against explosive loading and/or high velocity fragment impacts. A unique feature of material fracture under dynamic loading is that compression always precedes tension. Hence, understanding material response under both dynamic compression and tension is important. This course has been developed to provide the attendees a comprehensive learning experience regarding the dynamic compression and fracture of materials. The course will consist of three main elements: fundamentals of large amplitude stress wave propagation (60 percent); use of pulsed power drivers for achieving shock wave and shockless compression (20 percent); dynamic fracture (20 percent). Each part will be taught by an expert possessing a strong in-depth understanding of the subject material. The course will emphasize fundamentals, contemporary developments, and future challenges. Significant time will be set aside for discussion between the speakers and the attendees. The course content will be at the level of a graduate course in physical sciences and engineering.

The short course will be taught by Prof. Y.M. Gupta of Washington State University, with guest lecturers Dr. M.D. Knudson of Sandia National Laboratory and Dr. G.T. Gray of Los Alamos National Laboratory.

To register for this course or for further information, contact Mariah Nobrega at 617-373-3031 or mnobrega at coe.neu.edu

Course Outline:

Fundamentals of Large-Amplitude Stress Wave Propagation
> Overview
> Plane Shock Waves in Compressible Media (Fluids and Elastic Solids)
> Wave Instabilities and Multiple Waves (Phase Transformations and Elastic-Plastic Deformation)
> Overview of Experimental Methods and Numerical Simulations
> Scientific Challenges and Future Directions

Shock Wave and Shockless Compression Using Pulsed Power Drivers
> Pulsed Power Drivers
> Shock Wave Compression to Very High Pressures
> Shockless Compression of Condensed Matter

Dynamic Fracture
> Material Fracture under Quasi-Static and Dynamic Loading
> Role of Microstructure and Loading Conditions
> Material Design to Resist Dynamic Fracture

Cost:
This short course is free of charge to ALERT-affiliated individuals.

Accomodations:
Best Western Longwood - Boston
www.innatlongwood.com
Rate: $165/night + tax
Reference: ALERT Short Course
Hotel reservations: (617) 731-4700

Sponsored by:
Awareness and Localization of Explosives-Related Threats, A Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence www.neu.edu/alert

ATTENDANCE IS LIMITED - PLEASE REGISTER ASAP TO GUARANTEE YOUR SPACE