Aspirations for an Explosive Ordnance Engineering (EOE) Masters Program School of Engineering and Information Technology P. J. Hazell* and L. Wallace School of Engineering and Information Technology THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES UNSW CANBERRA PO Box 7916, CANBERRA BC 2610, Australia *E: p.hazell@adfa.edu.au
Plan 1. Introduction 2. The need for EOE education 3. The aspiration 4. Why do EOE at ADFA? 1. Staff capability 2. Explosives at Canberra (LW) 1.Equipment / research environment 2.Projects 3.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 science 2. Formulation, manufacture and identification of explosives CORE 3. Explosive damage mechanisms 4. Weaponisation of explosives 5. Propellants & pyrotechnics (possibly supported by Cranfield ELECTIVES University) 6. Rocket motors (possibly supported by Cranfield University) 7. Other existing electives.
F/T over 1 year Semester 1 Semester 2 Formulation, Propellant Explosive Manufacture Rocket and Explosive Weaponisation NEW Damage and Motors Pyrotechnics Science of Explosives Mechanisms Identification (elective) (elective) of Explosives RESEARCH Research project Applications EXISTING Firepower & Project Test and Weapons of Data Logistics (electives) Protection Management Evaluation Engineering Analysis Technical Regulation of = presentation day / engagement Ordnance 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). Chamber in which target will sit Barrel Projectile travel Breech Visualisation ports for imaging using high- speed photography and 2 m flash X-Ray
Potential gas gun experiments… Tank evacuated when closed Location of 200g of explosive Shot 090220: 10-mm Sintox FA flyer vs Rx1100, 5.1 GPa; Gauge: 60 º, 2.8, 4.5, 6.3, 8.0, 9.7, 11.5, 13.2 mm. 2000 2.0 Particle velocity (mm/ µ s) 1500 1.5 1000 1.0 500 0.5 0 0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 8.5 9.5 10.5 11.5 12.5 13.5 Time (µs) 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.
Over to Lynne….
Why develop an EOE Masters Program at ADFA? Energetic Materials research at UNSW Canberra School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences Well-equipped research laboratories with state-of-the-art instrumentation for characterisation of materials, including: • Synthetic laboratories • FTIR spectrometers • 400 MHz NMR spectrometer • GCMS and HPLC for trace analysis GCMS (Gas Chromatograph • Fluorometers (detection methods) Mass Spectrometer) • Microwave reactor (for “green” synthesis) • Thermal analysers (DSC and TGA) • Potentiostats for electrochemical synthesis or waste remediation • Scanning electron microscopy • Powder x-ray diffraction 400 MHz NMR FTIR (Fourier transform • Computational facility spectrometer infra-red) 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: Instrument laboratory, Building 22 Professional Education (e.g., Ammunition and IED Effects – 11-13 December 2017)
Back to Paul….
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
Example of Blast Research – Prof Chi King Lee Ammunition magazine Soil cover t=0 ms t=10 ms t=3 ms 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 Modelling of progressive collapse of building subject to column removal scenario
Blast – recent 4 th year undergrad project (Jack Walters) Simulated Blast Wave in Synthetic Tissue Material using Foam Impactors Synbone “skin” • Finite Element-based study for elastomer determining ideal polymeric and Bonesim: metallic foam impact conditions for “cranial bone” replicating a blast wave using a gas Sylgard gel: “brain” gun (0.5 – 2 MPa range). • Novel visualisation of a shock wave in an optically clear brain simulant (Sylgard 527 gel).
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 ?
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