General, Unified, Multiscale Modeling to Predict the Sensitivity of Energetic Materials

Abstract

This report describes the accomplishments for the MURI grant "General, Unified, Multiscale Modeling to Predict the Sensitivity of Energetic Materials" (Grant No. 48101-EG-MUR). This was a comprehensive theoretical/computational research program to develop, validate, benchmark, and apply methods and models to provide predictive capabilities for energetic materials. The thrust of the work was the development of atomic-level models and ab initio quantum chemistry methods that are generally applicable to the chemical decomposition of condensed-phase energetic materials under extreme conditions. The approaches include quantum mechanics, molecular modeling, Monte Carlo, and molecular dynamics, to yield state-of-the-art methods specifically designed for and tailored to target DoD energetic materials research needs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 05, 2011
Accession Number
ADA571894

Entities

People

  • Donald L. Thompson
  • Donald W. Brenner
  • Steven J. Stuart
  • Tahir Çağin
  • Thomas D. Sewell

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Crystal Structure
  • Energy Transfer
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Mechanics
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • Molecular Physics
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Thermodynamics
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Quantum Chemistry

Technology Areas

  • Quantum Computing