Event Overview

Espace Liberté
Target Response Prediction and Analysis I
Chair: Pr. Piotr Sielicki

CCI
Personnel Vulnerability I
Chair: Dr Thérèse Schunck

11:00 – 11:20
Numerical modeling of free-standing plates exposed to blast loading
Dr. Benjamin Stavnar Elveli

11:00 – 11:20
On the modeling of a soft protection using shock
tube test
Mr. Pierre Gardère

11:20 – 11:40
Effects of riding drones on military vehicles by means of simulations
Mr. Tarik Hartuç

11:20 – 11:40
A comprehensive review on personal equipment on head substitutes for blast
protection
Ms. Dune Stamm

11:40 – 12:00
A building-block approach for the design and analysis of composite material military vehicles under close-in blast – an experimental campaign
Dr. Lucas Amaral

11:40 – 12:00
Female body shape influence on armor fit and shock energy transmission to the body
Ms. Melissa Sutter

12:00 – 12:20
Exploring the Physical Effects of Water-Based Contact Charges
Dr. Sophie Trélat

12:00 – 12:20
Measurement and simulation of small arms muzzle blast
Mr. Jelme Kjeld Pennings

12:20 – 12:40
Casing effects on quasi-static pressures from internal detonations in an intermediate-scale structure
Dr. Alan Ohrt

12:20 – 12:40
Numerical investigation of a simplified skull substitute under blast conditions
Dr. Natacha Elster

12:40 – 13:40:
Lunch

Espace Liberté
Target Response Prediction and Analysis II
Chair: Dr. Michel Sturtzer

CCI
Blast – Explosive Charges Modelling / Machine Learning I
Chair: Dr. Hezi Y. Grisaro

14:00 – 14:20
FEM solution for modeling debris loading after structural building collapse
Pr. Piotr Sielicki

14:00 – 14:20
MicroBlast: numerical study of variations in blast load parameters in urban environments of differing geometric complexity
Dr. Adam Dennis

14:20 – 14:40
Simulation and validation of Swiss brick walls under blast loads
Dr. Photios Papados

14:20 – 14:40
Numerical investigation of blast loading from cube-shaped explosive charges
Dr. Ella Mendham

14:40 – 15:00
Ultra high performance fiber-reinforced concretes (UHPFRCs)
Dr. Geoffrey Zietek

14:40 – 15:00
Physics-informed modeling of afterburn in explosive simulations with GPU-accelerated CFD
Dr. Peter McDonald

15:00 – 15:20
Debris flight analysis on perimeter walls under blast scenario
Dr. Maria-Luisa Ruiz-Ripoll

15:00 – 15:20
Fast & accurate: An accelerated fluid-structure interaction method using Viper::Blast and OpenRadioss
Dr. James Wurster

Espace Liberté
Measurement Techniques and Signal Processing I
Chair: Mr. Alexandre Lefrançois

CCI
Blast Simulators-Shock Tubes I
Chair: Dr. Peter McDonald

16:10 – 16:30
Measurement of displacement, speed and deformation using stereo digital image correlation application in a large-scale pyrotechnic experiment
Ms. Aurihona Wolff

16:10 – 16:30
Options for an additional UK air blast tunnel
Dr. John Adams

16:30 – 16:50
Novel inertial motion tracking instrumentation for blast loading characterization in multiphase flows
Mr. Damian Cano

16:30 – 16:50
Fragmentation of materials and structures exposed to high air blast loads
Ms. Sheera Lum

16:50 – 17:10
Optimizing high speed thermal imaging for blast and shock measurements
Mr. Vince Morton

16:50 – 17:10
Machine learning algorithm for the fast determination of shock tube configurations
Dr. Lorenz Brenner

17:10 – 17:30
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17:10 – 17:30
Reporting meaningful blast load metrics from shock tube tests
Mr. Michael Lowak

17:30 – 17:50
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17:30 – 17:50
Cancelled

19:00 – 21:00
MABS Committee Dinner

Espace Liberté
Blast Mitigation I
Chair: Pr. David Lecompte

CCI
Blast – Explosive Charges Modelling/Machine Learning II
Chair: Mr. Lapébie

8:40 – 9:00
The generalisation of a rapid predictor for blast wave shielding: incorporating rectilinear obstacles
Mr. Jay Karlsen

8:40 – 9:00
Predicting blast loading on buildings using convolutional neural network (CNN)
Mr. Rémi Delbarre

9:00 – 9:20
Experimental investigation of polyurea liners for mitigating bolted steel plate deformation under blast loading
Dr. Ludovic Blanc

9:00 – 9:20
Revisiting element erosion challenges in simulating contact detonation on RC slabs
Dr. Ming Cheng

9:20 – 9:40
Blast protection of the vehicle underside by extinguishing the fireball with water
Dr. Thérèse Schunck

9:20 – 9:40
Uncoupled simulation of shaped charge jet penetration
Dr. Eric Hansen

9:40 – 10:00
Protection potential of the built environment for civilians against weapon effects in armed conflicts
Dr. Jan Dirk van der Woerd

9:40 – 10:00
CTH and Viper: A concise comparison based on the experimental output from PABLO-II
Dr. Peter McDonald

10:00 – 10:20
Experimental and numerical investigation of concrete slabs against combined effect of high-velocity impact and blast
Pr. Manish Kumar

10:00 – 10:20
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Espace Liberté
Target Response Prediction and Analysis III
Chair: Pr. David Frost

CCI
Measurement Techniques and Signal Processing II and
B&S In Ground & Water I
Chair: Dr. Sophie Trélat

11:00 – 11:20
Assessing blast risk to modular cladding options – a case study
Ms. Angela Laycock

11:00 – 11:20
Determination of blast wave parameters using high-speed video imagery
Mr. David Holgado

11:20 – 11:40
Modelling of precast joint against blast loading
Mr. Jia Han Chew

11:20 – 11:40
Spatial determination of relative effectiveness for two explosives using videography techniques
Ms. Zoë Laing

11:40 – 12:00
On the response of mass timber connections to blast loading
Mr. Mark Weaver

11:40 – 12:00
Comparison studies in numerical ground shock simulations with analytical results
Mr. Andrew Nicholson

12:00 – 12:20
Impact of blast-loading-induced secondary debris on a hardened facade
Mr. Nicholas Oberts

12:00 – 12:20
Modernization and enhancement of the Swiss accredited ground shock testing facilities and methods
Dr. André Zahnd

12:20 – 12:40
Research on polyoxymethylene-fiber-reinforced concrete to resist blast loading
Mr. Jian-Yun Sun

12:20 – 12:40
Experimental and numerical assessment of UHPC curved slabs against blast loading
Pr. Manish Kumar

12:40 – 13:40:
Lunch

Espace Liberté
Target Response Prediction and Analysis IV
Chair: Dr. Hezi Y. Grisaro

CCI
Blast And Shock In Ground And Water II
Chair: Dr. Alice Chauvin

14:00 – 14:20
Maximum response of SDOF mass-spring model systems under consecutive triangular pulses
Mr. Ran Eckl

14:00 – 14:20
Airblast and fragmentation from underwater explosions using Rapid City Planner
Dr. Sydney Ryan

14:20 – 14:40
Experimental determination of the initial dynamic response of steel plate under explosive loading
Dr. Jiri Pachman

14:20 – 14:40
Fragmentation hazard of unexploded underwater ordnance
Mr. Piotr Nowak

14:40 – 15:00
Evaluating the influence of linear protective layers on blast-loaded structures
Mr. Eyal Eytam

14:40 – 15:00
Towards a small-scale experimental approach to assess the effects of an underwater explosion
Ms Oriane Dégletagne

15:00 – 15:20
A decoupled methodology for predicting the blast response of foam-protected structures using low-order techniques
Ms. Ola Wattad

15:00 – 15:20
Recent improvements in DSTL’s capability for modelling UNDEX and associated structural response
Mr. Elliot Tam

15:20 – 15:40
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15:20 – 15:40
The plastic response of an air-backed steel plate to a close-proximity underwater explosion
Mr. Rasmus Wedberg

Espace Liberté
Blast Testing I
Chair: Pr. Isabelle Sochet

CCI
Accident And Damage Analysis Thermal Radiation Effects
Target Response P&A V
Chair: Dr. André Zahnd

16:10 – 16:30
Afterburning modeling in partially confined TNT explosions
Dr.Idan E. Edri

16:10 – 16:30
Fast running tools to characterize the Beirut Port Blast of 2020
Dr. Suthee Wiri

16:30 – 16:50
An experimental investigation of clearing effects in near-field and above-ground explosions
Dr. Socrates C. Angelides

16:30 – 16:50
An application of modern biology to burns created by nuclear weapon thermal radiation
Mr. John F. Dishon

16:50 – 17:10
Explosive characteristics of flash powder from fireworks
Ms. Yinte Verberne

16:50 – 17:10
Impulse transmission by window elements that are subjected to thermal and blast loads (part I: designs and thermal tests)
Mr. Corentin Paris

17:10 – 17:30
HIGH speed Camera and flash X-Ray Systems
Dr. Drew Lesperance

17:10 – 17:30
Impulse transmission by window elements that are subjected to thermal and blast loads (part II: LBS tests)
Mr. Christoph Hübner

17:30 – 17:50
Triggering, Screens; foils, and more – past technologies and actual improvements
Dipl.Eng Jurgen Martini

17:30 – 17:50
Concrete material model calibration for high-speed impact applications
Dr. Jerôme Mespoulet

Espace Liberté
Blast Testing II
Chair: Pr. Christophe Proust

CCI
Blast – Explosive Charges Modelling/Machine Learning III
Chair: Dr. Michel Arrigoni

8:40 – 9:00
An Australian field trial with unconfined hydrogen explosions investigating blast effects and structural response
Dr. Edward Gan

8:40 – 9:00
A comparison of two finite-element simulation methods for modelling explosive bulge tests
Ms. Fathima Muhiyaddeen Hassen

9:00 – 9:20
Effective pressure and impulse within complex environments
Mr. Jeffrey Levine

9:00 – 9:20
Blast-terrain interactions: fast-running predictions and statistical analysis
Dr. Sébastien Terrana

9:20 – 9:40
Downscaling CYLEX test for obtaining JWL parameters
Mr. Stepan Jirman

9:20 – 9:40
Reactive modeling from shock to detonation to blast, application to RDX/HTPB high explosive
Mr. Marc Genetier

9:40 – 10:00
Effect of emplacement on the dynamic damage to scaled clamped steel plates
Dr. David Reinecke

9:40 – 10:00
Exploring sustainable cement-based alternatives against blast loading
Mr. François-Joseph Contat

10:00 – 10:20
Detonation chamber for end-of-life warheads disposal in fully confined conditions: from design to proof tests
Dr. Jérome Mespoulet

10:00 – 10:20
Experimental and numerical study of small free-field military and commercial explosive charges
Dr. Jonas Rudshaug

11:00 – 12:40
Poster Session

• Structural response of metallic cylinders that are subjected to thermal and blast loads: design of the test series
  Ms. Marine Conan
• Modelling efforts of various explosive test items in closed environment
  Dr. Zekeriya Taner Kaya
• 3D Woven fabric: efficient protection against high-speed explosive fragments
  Mr. Rémi Thiry
• Design of blast resistant façades, windows, and doors
  Dr. Jan Dirk van der Woerd
• Effect of boundary medium on UNDEX shock pulses and bubble dynamics
  Mr. Arumugam Deivanayagam
• Charge Characterization for Blast Effects Testing using Explosively Driven Blast Tubes
  Mr. Kelton Grange
• Implementation of PVDF shock gauges in blast measurements
  Dr. Michel Arrigoni
• Numerical modeling of lower limb blast trauma: assessing footwear’s role in anti-personnel IED injury mechanisms
  Dr. Hamza Ousji

14:00 – 17:30:
Haut-Koenigsbourg castle visit

Espace Liberté
Blast Fragmentation Hazard I
Chair: Dr. Ali Daliri

CCI
Blast – Explosive Charges Modelling / Machine Learning IV
Chair: Dr. David Lebaillif

8:40 – 9:00
Pyrotechnic protections against fragments: experimental and numerical SPH method results
Dr. Méava Mazia

8:40 – 9:00
URBEX, MALBEC, BLITZ: A new generation of fast-running models for explosions in complex geometries
Dr. Maroua Hedhli

9:00 – 9:20
Numerical simulations of the perforation and sub-fragmentation of reactive fragments using Rapid City Planner
Dr. Sydney Ryan

9:00 – 9:20
An improved gurney approach to design arbitrary geometries of fragmenting effectors
Mr. Michael Rottenkolber

9:20 – 9:40
Internal blast effect reduced by dust created by fragments
Ms. Marie Romann

9:20 – 9:40
Development of an AI tool for predicting the performance of steel columns subjected to a blast load
Mr. Ian Bruce

9:40 – 10:00
Data clustering approach to evaluate fragment and blast interaction
Mr. Brian Katz

9:40 – 10:00
Comparison of blast wave position-time models
Mr. Caio Barbosa Amorim

10:00 – 10:20
Comparison of blast and fragment calculation methods to an industrial BLEVE accident
Dr. Kevin Mueller

10:00 – 10:20
Inter-species scaling of thoracic biomechanics from blast exposure
Dr. Sajja Sujith

Espace Liberté
Target Response Prediction and Analysis VI
Chair: Dr. Maria-Luisa Ruiz-Ripoll

CCI
Blast Mitigation II
Chair: Mr. Jay Karlsen

11:00 – 11:20
Membrane action in magazines subjected to inner explosions
Mr. Duarte Faria

11:00 – 11:20
Experimental measurement and thermochemical modelling of water mitigation of confined detonations
Dr. Andrew Barr

11:20 – 11:40
Simplified method for analyzing deflagration effects on infrastructures
Dr. Julia Rosin

11:20 – 11:40
Blast mitigation through rocking mechanism
Dr. Hezi Y. Grisaro

11:40 – 12:00
Hydrocode modelling and safety assessment of masonry walls subjected to blast load
Mr. Alessandro Stocchi

11:40 – 12:00
Mitigation of the quasi-static pressure in confined explosions using a surrounding material
Dr. Christian Langran-Wheeler

12:00 – 12:20
A highly consistent and controllable combined blast and fragment loading setup
Mr. Georgios Kechagiadakis

12:00 – 12:20
Design methodology for UXO protection structures in pyrotechnical depollution: illustration with 155mm round and 1000 lbs GP-bomb
Dr. Jérome Mespoulet

12:20 – 12:40
Residual load capacity of bolted joints under explosive loading: evaluation via strain gauges and numerical simulations
Ms. Kira Buchenau

12:20 – 12:40
Blast loading of additively manufactured concrete structure
Mr. Philipp Mulligan

12:40 – 13:40:
Lunch

Espace Liberté
Blast And Shock In Ground And Water III and Misc.
Chair: Dr. Ludovic Blanc

CCI
Personnel Vulnerability II
Chair: Dr. Natacha Elster

14:00 – 14:20
Simplified model for predicting the response of a plate subject to a shock wave from a far-field underwater detonation
Mr. Sebastian Sandström

14:00 – 14:20
Investigating strain and pressure propagation in a tissue simulant under kinetic impacts
Ms. Rachel L. Bauer

14:20 – 14:40
CFD modeling of seismic airguns for simulated underwater shock
Mr. Daniel Clark

14:20 – 14:40
Shockwave cavitation is destroying the brain cells of SOF operators
Mr. Devlin Leavitt

14:40 – 15:00
Optimization and experimental investigation of the blast response of additive manufactured sandwich structures with lattice core
Mr. Konstantin Kappe

14:40 – 15:00
Development of impulsive acoustics assessment methods and hearing protector specification
Mr. Colin Nelson

15:00 – 15:20
Assessment of protective structures for urban
EOD disposal of air-dropped UXO
Dr. Bachir Belkassem

15:00 – 15:20
Understanding blast overpressure exposure and traumatic brain injury: insights from the SOF bridges Australian survey
Mr. Paul Scanlan

15:20 – 15:40
Numerical investigation of helmet-induced pressure amplification in blast wave environments
Dr. Oren Sadot

15:20 – 15:40
Bridging the gap: developing a cross-species blast scaling function
Mr. YungChia Chen

Espace Liberté
Blast Testing III
Blast – Explosive Charges Modelling/Machine Learning V
Chair: Dr. Amit Agasty

CCI
Blast Mitigation III
Explosive Event
Simulators I
Chair: Mr. Terrana

16:10 – 16:30
Dynamics of explosive particle dispersal of binary particle mixtures
Pr. David Frost

16:10 – 16:30
On the interaction between debris clouds and blast waves
Dr Joseph Baum

16:30 – 16:50
Pressure waves from explosions and interactions with the environment
Pr. Christophe Proust

16:30 – 16:50
Lightweight EPS concrete in v-shaped hulls: a novel approach for anti-vehicle mine protection of light armored vehicles
Dr. Hamza Ousji

16:50 – 17:10
A scalable planar charge for blast field trials
Dr. Brodie McDonald

16:50 – 17:10
Experimental and numerical study on suppression of a liquid pool fire via water mist
Ms. Marianne Houndekon

17:10 – 17:30
Numerical evaluation of blast loading methods and concrete models for rc columns under explosive-driven shock tube loading
Mr. Walid Ben Kraiem

17:10 – 17:30
MicroBlast: experimental assessment of charge shape effects on blast loading in urban environments
Mr. Dain Farrimond

19:00 – 23:00:
Gala Dinner

Espace Liberté
Blast Fragmentation Hazard II
Blast Simulators-Shock Tubes II
Meas. Techn. and Sign Proc. III
Chair : Mr. Anthony Bufalo

CCI
Personnel Vulnerability III
Chair: Dr. Bachir Belkassem

8:40 – 9:00
Timing Uncertainty of Electrical Detonators: A Stochastic Study
Mr. Tom Gerlache

8:40 – 9:00
Factors influencing the performance of helmets in mitigating primary blast
Ms. Susanna Bloodworth-Race

9:00 – 9:20
Acceptance criteria for building materials against fragment impact – arena tests vs. FSP
Mr. Christoph Roller

9:00 – 9:20
Frequency of false positives in B3 GEN 7 blast gauges as determined by expert review and performance of an automated false positive detection algorithm on analysis of blast waveforms
Dr. Suthee Wiri

9:20 – 9:40
Characterisation of hydrogen explosions with an advanced blast simulator
Dr Edward Gan

9:20 – 9:40
Standardized blast exposure data collection method implemented during live weapons training exercises
Ms. Jasmyne Longwell

9:40 – 10:00
Functional representation of gas pressure histories
Ms. Michelle Yokota

9:40 – 10:00
Baselining tier 1 weapon systems and breaching charges to determine their effects on warfighter brain health
Ms. Olivia H. Webster

10:00 – 10:20
POSEIDON new pyrotechnical testing facility: From design to setup
Dr. Jérôme Mespoulet

10:00 – 10:20
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Espace Liberté
Target Response Prediction and Analysis VII
Chair: Dr. Hamza Ousji

CCI

11:00 – 11:20
Assessment of the application of scaling concepts for blast effects analysis
Dr. Amit Agasty

11:00 – 11:20
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11:20 – 11:40
Computational analysis of steel fragment impacts on concrete: investigating dust and debris generation
Mr. Joe Magallanes

11:20 – 11:40
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11:40 – 12:00
Numerical and experimental investigation of counterintuitive deflection in blast-loaded metal plates
Mr. Edison Shehu

11:40 – 12:00
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12:40 – 13:40:
Lunch