This article discusses tabletop high-throughput laser experiments on shock waves in solids
and liquids, where the more usual laser pump pulse is replaced by a 0.5 mm diameter laser …

Spray detonation in n-heptane droplet/vapour/air mixtures is simulated using Eulerian–
Lagrangian method. Two-dimensional configuration is considered, and the effects of droplet …

Magnesium alloys are an attractive material system for protection applications due to their
high specific strength and stiffness, but exhibit low ductility in these applications. The …

Although shock experiments are traditionally performed in large facilities, tabletop
experiments that provide convenient high-throughput shock testing have been growing in …

The initiation of energetic materials by mechanical stimuli is a critical stage of their
functioning, but remains poorly understood. Using atomic force microscopy (AFM) we …

Adding amines to liquid nitromethane (NM) is known to lower the threshold for the shock-to-
detonation transition because amines catalyze proton transfer reactions that are the initial …

This paper dedicates to understand some insights into the unique phenomena involved in
fragmentation, and explore the origin of these phenomena in spray detonations. Through the …

Cryptomelane K-OMS-2 is a manganese oxide that occurs in low temperature geologic
environments and is readily synthesized in the lab. A reflux method was used to prepare …

We present a computational approach using a multimaterial, arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian
code termed ALE3D to model the nanosecond/micrometer dynamics of the launch of 0.5–4.5 …

A high-throughput experimental setup was used to characterize initiation threshold and
growth to detonation in the explosives hexanitrostilbene (HNS) and pentaerythritol …