Aspirations for an Explosive Ordnance Engineering (EOE) Masters ProgramSchool of Engineering and Information Technology
School of Engineering and Information TechnologyTHE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALESUNSW CANBERRAPO Box 7916, CANBERRA BC 2610, Australia
*E: [email protected]
P. J. Hazell* and L. Wallace
mailto:[email protected]
Plan1. Introduction2. The need for EOE education3. The aspiration4. Why do EOE at ADFA?
1. Staff capability2. Explosives at Canberra (LW)
1.Equipment / research environment2.Projects3.Current courses
3. Blast effects (PJH)5. Conclusions
The need for an EOE Masters course in Australia Clear need to maintain relevance and currency to the ongoing
needs of the Australian Defence Organisation* There is currently few (=1) providers of post-grad education to
Masters level globally Due to the cost of sending ADF personnel overseas for a one-year
placement this means only limited numbers of students are exposed to post-grad education (to Masters level) in EO-based education.
There is an opportunity to provide an Australian-centric version here!
* Air Commodore A G Clements
The aspiration
To provide a full time and part time option for Explosive Ordnance Engineering (8 courses each worth 6 units of credit)
This would comprise of: 4 core courses (nominally 40 hours of lectures with 160 hours of
learning activity per course) 2 elective courses (from current and new offerings) A research project (worth 12 units of credit)
To develop a stream for explosives ordnance management education
The current proposal Taught component (IDM):
1. Explosive science2. Formulation, manufacture and identification of explosives3. Explosive damage mechanisms4. Weaponisation of explosives5. Propellants & pyrotechnics (possibly supported by Cranfield
University)6. Rocket motors (possibly supported by Cranfield University)7. Other existing electives.
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NEW Explosive Science
Explosive DamageMechanisms
Formulation, Manufacture and Identification of Explosives
Weaponisationof Explosives
Rocket Motors (elective)
Propellant and Pyrotechnics (elective)
RESEARCH Research project
EXISTING(electives)
Applications of Data Analysis
Firepower & Protection
Project Management
Test and Evaluation Logistics
Weapons Engineering
Technical Regulation of Ordnance
= presentation day / engagement with industry
Thesis project (12 UoC)
Practical or computational Over one or two semesters (nominally 13 weeks duration) Examples:
Using water mitigation for blast attenuation Design of blast mitigating structures Design of novel explosives Explosive degradation studies Chemical neutralisation of peroxides Computational modelling of the formation of a shaped charge jet Blast modelling studies using ANSYS Autodyn, LSDYNA or AIR3D Fragment impact testing of materials and structures
Industrial visits / range demonstrations
CTMC already engaged in several relevant industrial visits Specific industrial visits we would like to talk to you Potential range demonstrations and experiments at Havoc
Industries, Orchard Hills or Majura
Why develop an EOE Masters Program at ADFA?
Why develop an EOE Masters Program at ADFA?
UNSW has invested heavily in world-class facilities at ADFA.
Eg., the new launcher to be installed at ADFA in early 2016 capable of launching projectiles to 4.5 km/s (far in excess of most explosively launched fragments).
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Visualisation ports for imaging using high-speed photography and flash X-Ray
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Stennett C, Cooper GA, Hazell PJ, Appleby-Thomas G. Initiation of secondary explosives measured using embedded electromagnetic gauges. In Elert M, Butler WT, Furnish MD, Anderson WW, Proud WG, editors, CP1195, Shock Compression of Condensed Matter 2009, American Institute of Physics, Melville, New York, pp. 267-270.
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Location of 200g of explosiveTank evacuated when closed
Potential gas gun experiments
Over to Lynne.
Why develop an EOE Masters Program at ADFA?Energetic Materials research at UNSW Canberra
GCMS (Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer)
School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical SciencesWell-equipped research laboratories with state-of-the-art instrumentation for characterisation of materials, including:
FTIR (Fourier transform infra-red) spectrometer
Synthetic laboratories FTIR spectrometers 400 MHz NMR spectrometer GCMS and HPLC for trace analysis Fluorometers (detection methods) Microwave reactor (for green synthesis) Thermal analysers (DSC and TGA) Potentiostats for electrochemical
synthesis or waste remediation Scanning electron microscopy Powder x-ray diffraction Computational facility
400 MHz NMR spectrometer
Why develop an EOE Masters Program at ADFA?Past and current research projects
Remediation of wastewater from NTO manufacture Honours project 2005 (OCDT M Cronin); DST Group support Journal of Hazardous Materials 2007, Environmental Science & Technology 2009
Design and synthesis of new high-nitrogen EM Honours projects 2007 (MIDN C Underwood), 2010 (C Selleck); with DST Group support New Journal of Chemistry 2012, 2013; chapter in Green Energetic Materials (Wiley)
Safe Neutralisation of organic peroxides PhD project 2014 (MAJ Mark Bali), with DST Group support & co-supervision Journal of Forensic Science 2014, Dalton Transactions 2015
Development of fluorescent sensors for EM detection PhD projects 2015 and 2016
Novel infra-red countermeasure flares UG project (OCDT C McCartney, OFCT N Shepherd) Current DST Group funding (2017)
Why develop an EOE Masters Program at ADFA?Past and current courses currently taught
Postgraduate: Weapons Engineering Firepower and Protection (CTMC)
Undergraduate: ZPEM3107 Explosives ZEIT4015 Impact Dynamics
Other:Professional Education(e.g., Ammunition and IED Effects 11-13 December 2017)
Instrument laboratory, Building 22
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Why develop an EOE Masters Program at ADFA? High quality staff engaged in explosive-related research
and teaching: Dr Pablo Escobedo (ex Los Alamos ( shock / material characterisation) Dr Lynne Wallace (explosive synthesis / detection of explosives) Dr Anthony Day (molecular design / environmental / supramolecular) Dr Andrew Brown -- from Arizona State (shock / impact) Prof Chi King Lee protective structures Dr Terry Frankcombe computational chemist working on reactive fragments A/Prof Cliff Woodward computational chemist Dr Hongxu Wang impact / shock Prof Paul Hazell impact / shock / armour
Engagement with world class researchers and institutions
University of Wollongong School of Mining Engineering (UNSW Australia) Various staff at Cranfield University (Shrivenham Campus) DST-G AFP
Two current examples of explosive engineering projects
Prediction of Explosion Hazards from Earth Covered Magazine (ECM) Range of Inhabited building distance
Combined Blast and Fragment Loads on structures Numerical modeling and experimental studies
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Ammunition magazine
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Modelling of progressive collapse of building subject to column removal scenario
Example of Blast Research Prof Chi King Lee
Blast recent 4th year undergrad project (Jack Walters) Simulated Blast Wave in Synthetic Tissue Material using Foam Impactors
Finite Element-based study for determining ideal polymeric and metallic foam impact conditions for replicating a blast wave using a gas gun (0.5 2 MPa range).
Novel visualisation of a shock wave in an optically clear brain simulant (Sylgard 527 gel).
Synbone skin elastomer
Bonesim: cranial bone
Sylgard gel: brain
Summary
There has been some exciting recent strategic facility developments at UNSW Canberra
UNSW Canberra has the capability to host an EOE MSc program for Defence through:1. Delivery by our own staff;2. Engagement with other institutions.
Questions ?
Slide Number 1PlanThe need for an EOE Masters course in AustraliaThe aspirationThe current proposalF/T over 1 yearThesis project (12 UoC)Industrial visits / range demonstrationsSlide Number 9Why develop an EOE Masters Program at ADFA?Potential gas gun experimentsSlide Number 12Why develop an EOE Masters Program at ADFA?Why develop an EOE Masters Program at ADFA?Why develop an EOE Masters Program at ADFA?Slide Number 16Why develop an EOE Masters Program at ADFA?Slide Number 18Example of Blast Research Prof Chi King LeeBlast recent 4th year undergrad project (Jack Walters) Summary
