Instrumentation for Studies on Combustion and Decomposition of Energetic Materials
Abstract
The University of Texas at El Paso requests the purchase of instrumentation for research and education on energetic materials that will enhance the UniversityÕs capabilities in materials characterization and combustion experiments. The proposed acquisition will provide a new capability of conducting research of energetic materials under high pressures, will improve the diagnostics, and will expand the variety of materials that can be tested. The following facilities are requested: a strand burner system from Design Integrated Technology, Inc., a differential scanning calorimeter (Netzsch DSC 204 HP Phoenix), a FTIR spectrometer (Bruker Tensor II) with Netzsch TGA/DSC coupling, and an electrical property analyzer (Netzsch SBA 458 Nemesis). The proposed addition of these systems to the available facilities and devices will greatly expand laboratory capabilities allowing for experiments to be conducted under realistic conditions, similar to those in propulsion/energetics applications. This will complete the establishment of a fully equipped laboratory for comprehensive studies of energetic materials, which will be used by the engineering faculty members for their current and future DoD grants. The laboratory will provide a research environment that is relevant and comparable to today s government and industrial facilities. The equipment will enhance the academic experience for students and help prepare them for productive work in advanced areas of engineering important for the U.S. Department of Defense. Each year, eight faculty and over forty students will be directly involved in research that uses the acquired equipment. Instructional experiments in the upgraded laboratory will be developed for courses on Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, High-Temperature Materials, and Combustion and Energetic Materials. The upgraded laboratory will also be presented to students of local high schools in E-Week @ UTEP and Discover-E outreach programs conducted by UTEPÕs College of Engineering.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Sep 11, 2018
- Source ID
- W911NF1710458
Entities
People
- Evgeny Shafirovich
Organizations
- Army Contracting Command
- Office of the Secretary of Defense
- University of Texas at El Paso