International Annual Conference of the Fraunhofer ICT

Registration

Register online: www.ict.fraunhofer.de/annualConference

Registration fee (incl. proceedings, coffee breaks, lunch) 950 Euros

Participation cannot be guaranteed for registrations arriving after June 16^th, 2025. The fee has to be paid upon receipt of the invoice by bank transfer.

 

Cancellation policy

500 Euros will be charged for cancellations after June 17^th, 2025

No-shows will be charged the whole fee.

 

Conference office

Foyer of the GARTENHALLE, open from Tuesday, June 24, 16.00 h until Friday, June 27, 14.00 h during the Conference and may be reached by Phone +49-(0)721/3720-6000.

 

Check-in/Welcome reception

Please check in at the Conference Office on Tuesday,June 24, between 16.00 and 20.00 h.

All participants are cordially invited to the Welcome Reception on the same day, starting at 18.00 h in the foyer of the GARTENHALLE.

 

Conference language

English

 

Get-together (Thursday, June 26)

There will be a Get-together Party at Fraunhofer ICT with draught beer, barbecue and fireworks (after sunset).

Please mark on your registration form whether you wish to participate. Transportation: Bus shuttle Convention Centre Karlsruhe – Fraunhofer ICT and back

 

Chairman

Dr. Sebastian Wurster, Fraunhofer ICT

 

Program Committee

• Richard Gee, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
• Thomas M. Klapötke, LMU München, D
• Dylan J. Kline, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
• Ernst-Christian Koch, Lutradyn, D
• Henric Oestmark, FOI, SE
• Jiri Pachman, University of Pardubice, CZ
• Carole Rossi, LAAS-CNRS, F

 

Exhibiting companies

• Prototypa-ZM, s.r.o., Brno, CZ
• Teledyne GmbH, Heidelberg, D

		Lecture Room A		Lecture Room B
Session Name	KEYNOTE SESSION I Chair: S. Wurster Fraunhofer ICT, D
9:00		Welcome and Opening S. Wurster Fraunhofer ICT, Pfinztal, D S. Wilker BAAINBw
9:20	A1	KEYNOTE I – FEAST OR FAMINE AN EXPERIMENTALIST'S VIEW OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO ENERGETICS RESEARCH A. Mueller Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
9:50	A2	KEYNOTE II – PROGRESS IN INTERTWINING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WITH HIGH FIDELITY MODELING TO ENHANCE MULTI-SCALE, MULTI-PHYSICS SIMULATIONS H. S. Udaykumar University of Iowa, USA
10:20	Coffee Break
Session Name	Session 1: TOWARDS AN UNDERSTANDING OF SENSITIVITY OF ENERGETIC MATERIALS USING AI/ML Chair: W. de Klerk TNO, NL		Session 1: PROCESSING OF BI-FUELS AND ADVANCED REACTIVE MATERIALIALS FOR ENHANCED PERFORMANCE Chair: A. Esteve LAAS-CNRS University of Toulouse, F
11:00	A3	UTILIZING LARGE DATASETS OF EXPLOSIVES TO INTERPRET HANDLING SENSITIVITY TRENDS V. W. Manner, M. J. Cawkwell, J. V. Davis, F. W. Marrs, N. Lease Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA	B1	TUNING AND AUTOMATED CHARACTERIZATION OF NANOSTRUCTURAL METAL COMPOSITES FOR COMBUSTION APPLICATIONS K.-L. A. Chintersingh New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA
11:20	A4	PREDICTING DROP-WEIGHT IMPACT SENSITIVITY DIRECTLY FROM MOLECULAR STRUCTURE USING PHYSICS-INFORMED MACHINE LEARNING E. C. Thompson, G. Hutchings, F. W. Marrs Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA	B2	SYNTHESIS OF COLLOID ENERGETIC PARTICLES AND THEIR UNDERWATER COMBUSTION BEHAVIORS J. Z. Wen University of Waterloo, CAN
11:40	A5	MISCONCEPTIONS AND OPEN ISSUES IN ENERGETIC MATERIALS D. Mathieu CEA DAM, Monts, F	B3	COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS OF Fe/CuO PYROTECHNIC COMPOSITIONS N. Mokrani, S. Bernard, L. Courty Université Orléans, Bourges Cedex, F
12:00	A6	AN IMPROVED STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF 80 SENSITIVITY DATASETS D. Christensen, G.P. Novik FFI, NO A. van der Heijden TNO, NL	B4	TITANIUM-BASED NANOTHERMITES AND NSTEXs T. Jarosz, A. Stolarczyk Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, PL; M. Polis, K. Szydlo, Institute of Industrial Organic Chemistry, Krupski Mlyn, PL)
12:20	A7	PREDICTING THE SENSITIVITY OF ENERGETIC COMPOUNDS THROUGH MACHINE LEARNING: FOR DISCOVERING INSENSITIVE ENERGETIC MATERIALS Yu-Cong Chen, Wenbin Yi School of Chemical Engineering NJUST, Nanjing, PRC	B5	TWO-DIMENSIONAL ENGINEERING OF METASTABLE INTERMOLECULAR COMPOSITES: SYNERGISTIC ENHANCEMENT OF MECHANICAL STRENGTH AND STIMULUS-SPECIFIC SENSITIVITY Jingwei Li, Xuwen Liu Jianghan University, Wuhan/Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, PRC Yaqing Cao Nanjing University of Science and Technology, PRC Guangyu Yin, Zhangbo Ming, Zhichao Zhao, Yihao Shen Jianghan University, Wuhan, PRC
12:40	Lunch Break
Session Name	Session 2: MODELING AND SIMULATION OF TRANSIENT ENERGENTIC MATERIAL BEHAVIOR WITH AI/ML METHODS S. Deng MIT, USA		Session 2: IN-SITU CHARACTERIZATION OF REACTION KINETICS Chair: M. Abere Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, USA
14:00	A8	BAYESIAN PARAMETRIC LATENT DYNAMICS MODELING OF SHOCK-INDUCED PORE COLLAPSE PROCESS S. W. Chung, Y. Choi, P. Tranquilli, C.M. Miller, H. Keo Springer, K. Sullivan Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA	B6	WHAT ATOMIC PROPERTIES OF METAL OXIDE CONTROL THE INITIATION TEMPERATURE WITH METAL FUELS X. Wang University of California, Irvine, USA
14:20	A9	EMULATING ADAPTATIVE MESH REFINEMENT FOR ENERGETIC MATERIALS WITH DEFORMABLE PHYSICS AWARE RECURRENT CONVOLUTIONAL NETWORKS (D-PARC) J.T. Beerman, S.S. Baek University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA P.K. Seshadri, Y.-T. Nguyen, H.S. Udaykumar University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA	B7	CHARACTERIZATION OF ULTRAFAST DECOMPOSITION DYNAMICS IN NITRATE ESTER ENERGETIC MATERIALS E. Britt, H. Lopez Pena, M. Minvielle, K. Moore Tibbetts Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA
14:40	A10	REDUCED ORDER MODELING OF DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS OF ENERGETIC MATERIALS USING PHYSICS-AWARE CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS IN A LATENT SPACE (LatentPARC) Z.J. Gray, S. Azarfar, S. S. Baek University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA H.S. Udaykumar University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA	B8	UNDERSTANDING AND CONTROLLING REACTIVITY IN THERMITES K.T. Sullivan Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, USA
15:00	A11	A PHYSICS-AWARE DEEP LEARNING MODEL FOR SHEAR BAND FORMATION IN WEAK SHOCK REGIME X. Cheng, B. Chen, J. Choi, S. Baek University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA Y. T. Nguyen, P. Seshadri, M. Verma, H. S. Udaykumar University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA	B9	QUANTIFYING THE EFFECTS OF ARTIFICIAL AGING ON THE IGNITION AND REACTION OF Ni/Al MULTILAYERS D.P. Adams, S. McPherson, H. Choi, P.G. Kotula, A. Jarzembski, K. Potter, P.E. Specht, M.J. Abere Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, USA G.B. Kennedy, N.N. Thadani Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
15:20	Coffee Break
Session Name	Session 3: AI/ML – STRUCTURE, PROPERTY, PERFORMANCE RELATIONS AND MOLECULAR DESIGN PREDICTIONS I Chair: E. C. Koch Lutradyn, D		Session 3: IN-OPERANDO CHARACTERIZATION OF SELF-PROPAGATING REACTION Chair: X. Mi Eindhoven University of Technology, NL
16:00	A12	IMPROVING THE ESTIMATION OF ENTHALPIES OF FORMATION OF ENERGETIC SALTS E. Ott, J. Glorian ISL, Saint Louis, F D. Mathieu CEA DAM, Monts, F	B10	ENGINEERING MICROSCALE AGGLOMERATION AND MACROSCALE REACTION PROPAGATION OF HIGH NANO-ALUMINUM LOADING ENERGETIC COMPOSITES H. Wang Beijing University, Beijing, PRC M.R. Zachariah University of California, Riverside, USA
16:20	A13	MACHINE LEARNING/ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED ENERGETIC MOLECULE DESIGN STRATEGY Wen Qian, Jian Liu, Chaoyang Zhang Institute of Chemical Materials CAEP, Mianyang, PRC	B11	tba
16:40	A14	PREDICTING MOLECULAR PROPERTIES VIA INTERPRETABLE MACHINE LEARNING AND HIGH-THROUGHPUT COMPUTATIONS M.C. Davis, J.N. Schroeder, R. Seaton Ullberg, W. Kort-Kamp, C.J. Snyder, I. Matanovic Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA	B12	INVESTIGATING THE COMBUSTION MECHANISMS OF TiB2 INTEGRATED Al/CuO NANOTHERMITES THROUGH IN-OPERANDO FLAME CHARACTERIZATION V. Singh, A. Esteve, C. Rossi LAAS-CNRS,  University of Toulouse , F
17:00	A15	SWITCH ON AMINE SUBSTRATE REACTIVITY TOWARDS HEXAAZAISOWURTZITANE CAGE: INSIGHTS FROM A TAILORED MACHINE LEARNING MODEL Lei Zhang, Chunlin He, Kaile Dou, Siping Pang Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, PRC	B13	EXTRACTING AND VALIDATING MECHANISMS FROM 3D SIMULATIONS OF SPIN-LIKE FLAMES IN Co/Al M.J. Abere, D.E. Kittell, C. Sobczak, D.P. Adams Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, USA R.V. Reeves Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
17:20	A16	DATA- AND MECHANISM-DRIVEN EXPLAINABLE DEEP LEARNING RESEARCH ON ENERGETIC MATERIALS Xin Huang Institute of Chemical Materials CAEP, Mianyang, PRC	B14	COMBUSTION OF LITHIUM AND MAGNESIUM FOR HEAT AND POWER GENERATION IN SPACE MISSIONS S. Cordova, K. Estala-Rodriguez, E. Shafirovich The University of Texas, El Paso, USA

R.M. Doherty
Energetics Technology Center, USA

	Lecture Room A		Lecture Room B
Session Name	KEYNOTE SESSION II Chair: S. Wurster Fraunhofer ICT, D
09:00	A17	Keynote III: MODEL CALIBRATION AND UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION FOR REACTIVE MATERIALS S. Deng Massachussets Institute of Technology, USA
09:30	A18	Keynote IV: COMBINING MACHINE LEARNING AND PHYSICS: PREDICTIVE MODELS FOR PROCESSING, INITIATION, AND PERFORMANCE OF ENERGETICS A. Strachan Purdue University, USA
10:00	Coffee Break
Session Name	Session 4: AI/ML – STRUCTURE, PROPERTY, PERFORMANCE RELATIONS AND MOLECULAR DESIGN II Chair: S. Wilker BAAINBw, D		Session 4: NUMERICAL MODELING FOR ANALYZING REACTION MECHANISMS AND OPTIMIZING THE PERFORMANCE OF REACTIVE MATERIALS Chair: J. Wen University of Waterloo, CAN
10:40	A19	OPTIMISATION OF BATCH MIXING USING MACHINE CALCULATIONS SOFTWARE L. Esperi, E. Tunestal Eurenco Bofors AB, Karlskoga, SE	B15	MESOSCALE MODELLING OF SHOCK INDUCED REACTIONS IN Ni+Al MULTILAYER THIN FILMS
11:00	A20	A RAPID COMPOSITE EXPLOSIVE FORMULATION METHOD INTEGRATING MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION AND MACHINE LEARNING FOR DIVERSE APPLICATIONS Lijuan Peng, Yuxin Huang, Wenhua Zhu Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, PRC Donglei Wang, Xuwang Liu, Hengjian Huang Institute of Chemical Materials CAEP, Mianyang, PRC	B16	DEVELOPING DIFFERENTIABLE PHASE TRANSITION MODELS IN REACTIVE MATERIALS W. Schill Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, USA
11:20	A21	DEVELOPMENT OF A ML-DRIVEN SELF-OPTIMIZATION WORKFLOW FOR THE PRODUCTION OF NITROGEN-RICH COMPOUNDS IN CONTINUOUS PROCESSING G. Araya Vargas, D. Boskovic, M. Schwarzer, A. Mendl Fraunhofer ICT, Pfinztal, D	B 17	ATOMIC SCALE MODELLING OF GAS/SURFACE AND SOLID/SOLID INTERFACIAL CHEMISTRY IN THE REACTION OF Al/CuO THERMITE A. Esteve, H. Jabraoui, C. Rossi LAAS University of Toulouse, CNRS, F
11:40	A22	ACCELERATING MOLECULE DISCOVERY THROUGH INVERSE DESIGN C.J. Snyder, I. Matanovic, W. Kort-Kamp, J.V. Davis, C. Garcia Cardona, M.C. Davis, A. Salij, R. Seaton Ullberg, J.N. Schroeder, L. Stevens Ouellet, L.V. Hooker, M.J. Cawkwell, R. Perriot, M.E. Hamilton, D.E. Chavez, E.S. Rivera, P.M. Mach Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, USA	B18	MODELLING OF PYROTECHNIC MIXTURES S. Knapp Fraunhofer ICT, Pfinztal, D
12:00	A23	ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING FOR ENERGETICS: THE PROMISE AND THE PITFALLS R.M. Doherty Energetics Technology Center, USA	B19	EXPERIMENTS AND MODELING OF THERMITE REACTIONS M.J.S. de Lemos Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica (ITA), Sao Jose do Campos, BR
12:20	Lunch Break
Session Name	Poster Session		Session 5: METAL COMBUSTION FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY APPLICATION (TERRESTRIAN AND SPACE APPLICATIONS) I Chair: H. Wang Beijing University, Beijing, PRC
14:00	Poster Session		B20	ON THE COMBUSTION OF Fe-Al AND Fe-Si POWDERS FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY STORAGE L. Ahmad, Z. Bruyr, F. Contino, P.J. Jacques, L. Choisez Université Catholique de Louvain, B Y. Li, A. Sperling, B. Böhm, A. Dreizler Technical University of Darmstadt, D
14:20	Poster Session		B21	ENHANCING IRON-POWDER COMBUSTOR PERFORMANCE THROUGH FUNDAMENTAL INSIGHTS X. Mi, W. Tian, S. Hemamalini, L. Thijs, K. Zhang, N. van den Hout, Y. Shoshin, V. Kornilov, G. Finotello, B. Cuenot, P. de Goey Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, NL
14:40	Poster Session		B22	DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF AN ALUMINUM PARTICLE COMBUSTION IN OXIDIZING FLOW, WITH GAS AND CONDENSED-PHASE REACTIONS L. Pillemont, A. Esteve, C. Rossi LAAS-CNRS, University of Toulouse, F B. Bedat, O. Simonin IMFT, University of Toulouse, F
15:00	Poster Session		B23	IRON AS CARBON-FREE ENERGY CARRIER IN A CIRCULAR ENERGY ECONOMY: CYCLING AT MILD CONDITIONS A. Knapp, F. Straub, C. Kuhn, O. Deutschmann Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT, Karlsruhe, D
15:20	Coffee Break
Session Name	Session 5: AI/ML – STRUCTURE, PROPERTY, PERFORMANCE RELATIONS AND MOLECULAR DESIGN PREDICTIONS III Chair: M. Heil Fraunhofer ICT, D		Session 6: METAL COMBUSTION FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY APPLICATION (TERRESTRIAN AND SPACE APPLICATIONS) II Chair: H. Wang Beijing University, Beijing, PRC
16:00	A24	BUILDING ENERGETIC CHEMICAL SPACES C. Wespiser, D. Mathieu, M. Daniel, E. Pasquinet CEA-DAM Le Ripault, Monts, F	B24	GREEN IRON AND ALUMINUM AS RECYCLABLE ENERGY CARRIERS IN CIRCULAR ECONOMY C. Hasse TU Darmstadt, D
16:20	A25	MODELING THE INITIATION OF THERMOMECHANICS OF ENERGETIC MATERIALS WITH LEARNABLE ACTIVATION FUNCTIONS J.B. Choi, Y. Cheng, S. Azarfar, C. Williams, S. Baek University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA Y.T. Nguyen, P. Seshadri, H.S. Udaykumar University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA	B25	COMBUSTION OF METAL PARTICLES IN VARIOUS GASES – INVESTIGATION AND RECENT APPLICATION V. Weiser Fraunhofer ICT, Pfinztal, D
17:30	Bus Departure to ICT
18:00	BBQ
22:30	Fireworks

	Lecture Room A		Lecture Room B
Session Name	Session 6: Characterization of energetic materials using AI/ML I Chair: J. Pachman University of Pardubice, CZ		Munitions in the Sea Chair: A. Keßler Fraunhofer ICT, D
09:00	A26	PREDICTING PROPELLANT HEAT FLOW CALORIMETRY TIMESERIES WITH MACHINE LEARNING O. Schoenmakers, B. Mortier, W. Boon, S. de Koster TNO, NL	B26	EUROPEAN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION ADDRESSING UNDERWATER MUNITION T. Kiefer, J. Kandziora, P. Trautendorfer JPI Oceans, Brussels, B A. Keßler Fraunhofer ICT, Pfinztal, D
09:20	A27	MACHINE LEARNING METHODS FOR ANALYSING DAMAGE IN ENERGETICAL GRANULAR MATERIALS C. Robin, F. Willot, P. Dokladal Centre de Morphologie Mathematique, Mines Paris, F S. Belon, E. Kaeshammer CEA, Gramat, F L. Borne, E. Fousson ISL, Saint-Louis, F	B27	AMMUNITION IN SWISS LAKES: HISTORY, INVESTIGATIONS AND CURRENT SITUATION A.-L. Gassner, S. Pasche armasuisse, CH
09:40	A28	DEFECT CHARACTERISATION IN ICT SCANNED ENERGETIC MATERIALS USING MACHINE LEARNING L. Green, R. Jones, A. Milroy QinetiQ, Farnborough, UK	B28	NATO STUDIES ON SEA-DUMPED MUNITIONS A.S. Cumming University of Edinburgh, UK
10:00	A29	RESEARCH ON THE PREDICTION OF MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF ENERGETIC MATERIALS USING MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES Wang Donglei, Yuan Hongwei, Liu Xuwang, Pang Haiyan Institute of Chemical Materials CAEP, Sichuan, PRC	B29	DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN INDUSTRIAL PLANT FOR THE DISPOSAL OF MUNITIONS AT SEA W. Sichermann Seascape GmbH, Hamburg, DE
10:20	Coffee Break
Session Name	Session 7: High Explosives  Chair: U. Schaller Fraunhofer ICT, D		Propellants Chair: H. Östmark FOI, SE
11:00	A30	EXPERIMENTAL DATA REQUIRED FOR CALIBRATION OF REACTIVE BURN MODELS IN PREDICTIVE EXPLOSIVE SIMULATIONS J.D. Olles, A.F. Haslam, P.A. Fasano, C.D. Woodruff, R.T. Ichiyama, J.R. White NSWC, Indian Head, USA	B30	NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF MICROSCALE COMBUSTION PHENOMENA IN COMPOSITE SOLID ROCKET PROPELLANTS P. Pietrek, M. Moroff Fraunhofer ICT, Pfinztal, D
11:20	A31	SURVIVABILITY OF EXPLOSIVES WITH DYNAMICALLY COLLAPSING CAVITIES J. Felts NSWC, Indian Head, USA H. Sandusky Energetics Technology Center, Indian Head, USA	B31	SAFETY AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A NEW HIGH-PERFORMANCE MONOPROPELLANT FORMED OF MICROENCAPSULATED FUELS IN COMBINATION WITH HYDROGEN PEROXIDE R. Scholl, D. Freudenmann, S. Schlechtriem DLR, Hardthausen, D
11:40	A32	tba	B32	SYNTHESIS, CHARACERIZATION AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THREE ENERGETIC PLASTICIZERS EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF DIVERSE FUNCTIONAL GROUPS ON PROPERTIES AND PERFORMANCE J.T. Lechner, T.B. Keicher Fraunhofer ICT, Pfinztal, D
12:00	Awards and Closing Remarks
12:20	Lunch
13:45	End of Conference

P1

PREDICTING THE THERMAL DEGRADATION OF ENERGETIC POLYMERS BY MEANS OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS

M. Ticherfatine

Ecole Nationale Superieure des Technologies Avancees, Algiers, ALG

 

P2

EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF ENERGETIC POLYSACCHARIDE DOPANTS ON HTPB-PROPELLANTS PERFORMANCE USING NASA-CEA SIMULATION

M. Jouini, D. Trache, A. Abdelaziz, A.F. Tarchoun

Ecole Militaire Polytechnique, Algiers, ALG

 

P3

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS (PCA) OF DSC DATA: CRAFTING A UNIVERSAL PREDICTIVE MODEL FOR THE EQUIVALENT IN-SERVICE-TIME OF DOUBLE BASE ROCKET PROPELLANTS

S. Chelouche, D. Trache, A.F. Tarchoun, A. Abdelaziz, S. Bekhouche

Ecole Militaire Polytechnique, Algiers, ALG

 

P4

ACCELERATING DISCOVERY OF FLUORINE-BASED ENERGETIC POLYMERS THROUGH MACHINE LEARNING AND DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY

Siyan Deng, Serene Hay Yee Chan, Huey Hoon Hng

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, SGP

 

P5

EXPLORING THE EFFECTS OF NITROCELLULOSE-COATED nCuO ON THE THERMAL PROPERTIES AND KINETIC SIMULATION BEHAVIOR OF AMMONIUM NITRATE-BASED SOLID COMPOSITE PROPELLANTS WITH POLYURETHANE/NITROCELLULOSE BLEND BINDERS

M. Nourine, M.K. Boulkadid, S. Touidjine, H. Akbi, S. Belkhiri

Ecole Militaire Polytechnique, Algiers, ALG

 

P6

THE ROLE OF OXYGEN AND MOISTURE IN THE CHEMICAL COMPATIBILITY OF A NITRATE ESTER

E. Glascoe, C. Cockreham, J. Rosener, S. Hawks

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA

 

P7

TOPOGRAPHIC INVESTIGATIONS OF VARIOUS HMX GRADES

M. Herrmann, H. Weyrauch

Fraunhofer ICT, Pfinztal, D

 

P8

HIM_30: DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF A METAL-FREE HYPERGOLIC BIPROPELLANT BASED ON IONIC LIQUIDS AND HYDROGEN PEROXIDE

S.C. Stölzle, D. Freudenmann

DLR, Hardthausen, D

 

P9

xPDFsuite – A TOOL COLLECTION FOR THE PAIR DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION ANALYSIS (PDF)

P.B. Kempa, M. Herrmann

Fraunhofer ICT, Pfinztal, D

 

P10

INVESTIGATION OF Bu NENA IMPACT ON THE SENSITIVITY OF GUN PROPELLANTS

J. Ehrhardt, J. Glorian, B. Baschung

ISL, Saint-Louis, F

 

P11

ASSESSMENT OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN AMMONIUM DINITRAMIDE (ADN) AND A TRIAZINE BONDING AGENT FOR APPLICATION ON TECHNOLOGIES OF COMPOSITE SOLID PROPELLANTS

J.O. Silva, J.R.C. Silva, K.P. Cardoso, L.F.A. Ferrao

Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica ITA, Sao Jose dos Campos, BR

M.F. Diniz, M.Y. Nagamachi

Instituto de Aeronautica e Espaco IAE, Sao Jose dos Campos, BR

 

P12

AI AND MACHINE LEARNING FOR PREDICTING QUANTUM TUNNELING EFFECTS IN ENERGETIC MATERIALS

Zihao Guo

School of Chemical Engineering NJUST, Nanjing, PRC

 

P13

EXPLORING THE SOLVENT-BASED MANNICH REACTION FOR DESIGNING HIGH-PERFORMANCE BENZOXAZINE

S. Abdous, M. Derradji, K. Khiari, O. Mehelli, H. Abdelmalek

Ecole Militaire Polytechnique, Algiers, ALG

 

P14

HIGH SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTION SENSORS BASED ON GAS IONIZATION: APPLICATION TO THE STUDY OF ENERGETIC BINDER

L. Jumpertz, L. Borne, F. Lutz, F. Schlesser, E. Fousson

ISL, Saint Louis, F

 

P15

INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF GREEN NANO-METAL OXIDES (COPPER AND IRON) ON THE THERMAL DECOMPOSITION BEHAVIOR OF ADVANCED PROPELLANTS WITH NITROCELLULOSE/POLYURETHANE BINDERS

B. Rebiba, S. Touidjine

Ecole Militaire Polytechnique, Algiers, ALG

 

P16

HOW CAN MOMENTUM TRANSFERS IN A BURNING MIXTURE OF Al/CuO PARTICLE POWDER BE MODELLED?

H. Magliano, D. Gauchard, A. Esteve, C. Rossi

LAAS-CNRS University of Toulouse, F

O. Simonin, P. Fede

IMFT University of Toulouse, F

 

P17

VIBRATION-INDUCED DEGRADATION OF THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF COMPOSITE ROCKET PROPELLANTS

M. Ferrapontoff Lemos, J.G. Passos Rodrigues, F. Santos da Luz

Brazilian Navy Research Institute, Rio de Janeiro, BR

M. Heil, M. Bohn

Fraunhofer ICT, Pfinztal, D

 

P18

STUDY ON CATALYST-FREE CLICK REACTIVITY, IMPACT SENSITIVITY AND MIGRATION RESISTANCE OF GAP-BASED PU BINDERS WITH REACTIVE SPIRANE PLASTICIZERS

Mingyang Ma, Younghwan Kwon

Daegu University, Gyeongsan, ROK

 

P19

EED IGNITION IN RELATION TO RADAR PEAK AND AVERAGE POWER

R.H.B. Bouma, A.P.M. Zwamborn, E.J. Kroon

TNO, The Hague, NL

 

P20

SUBSCALE COMBUSTION TESTING AND MODELING OF ENCAPSULATED NITRATE ESTERS AS IGNITERS

D.T. Bird, C.A. Houthuysen

US Army DEVCOM, Picatinny Arsenal, USA

 

P21

CALCULATION OF LENNARD-JONES PARAMETERS BY DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS

A. Omlor

Fraunhofer ICT, Pfinztal, D

 

P22

MOLECULAR SIMULATION OF REACTION MECHANISMS AND TRANSITION STATES

A. Omlor, M. Bohn

Fraunhofer ICT, Pfinztal, D

 

P23

CHEMICAL STABILITY OF THE CHNO-OXIDIZER TNEF

M.A. Bohn, J. Lechner, M. Heil

Fraunhofer ICT, Pfinztal, D

T.M. Klapötke

Ludwig-Maximilian-University, München, D

 

P24

CAN MACHINE LEARNING HELP TO IMPROVE STABILITY OF ENERGETIC MATERIALS?

M. Heil, J. Langer, C. Fuchs, A. Kamienska-Duda, M. Szkudlarek

Fraunhofer ICT, Pfinztal, D

 

P25

SOLUBILITY BEHAVIOR OF THE CL-20-MDNT COCRYSTAL SYSTEM AND IMPROVED SENSITIVITY THROUGH VACUUM EVAPORATIVE CRYSTALLIZATION

E. Wegert, P. Schultz

Fraunhofer ICT, Pfinztal, D

 

P26

DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A NUMERICAL MODEL FOR MULTI-MATERIAL SOLID ROCKET MOTORS

M. Moroff

Fraunhofer ICT, Pfinztal, D

 

P27

MODELLING THE BURN RATE OF THERMITES WITH A DOE APPROACH

W. Becker, S. Knapp, D. Bieroth

Fraunhofer ICT, Pfinztal, D

 

P28

COMBUSTION OF IRON PARTICLES IN OXYGEN AND AIR AS A REGENERATIVE ENERGY CARRIER ON EARTH AND THE MOON

V. Weiser, P. Pietrek, S. Knapp, S. Kelzenberg, M. del Mar Juez-Lorenzo, C. Seidel, D. Bieroth

Fraunhofer ICT, Pfinztal, D

 

P29

NUMERICAL STUDY OF MULTI-MATERIAL SOLID ROCKET MOTORS FEATURING COMPLEX GRAIN STRUCTURES

M. Hausmann

Fraunhofer ICT, Pfinztal, D

 

P30

OBSERVATION OF DECOMPOSITION OF AMMONIUM DINITRAMIDE BY MEANS OF X-RAY DIFFRACTION

C. Seidel, M. Herrmann

Fraunhofer ICT, Pfinztal, D

 

P31

FIRST SYNTHESIS OF AN ENERGETIC DIACRYLATE FOR ADVANCED 3D PRINTING OF ENERGETIC MATERIALS

H. Wegner, A. Mendl, D. Boskovic, U. Schaller

Fraunhofer ICT, Pfinztal, D

 

P32

IMPROVING THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF 3D PRINTED GUN PROPELLANTS

D. Mitro, A. Dresel

Fraunhofer ICT, Pfinztal, D

 

P33

EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF DIFFERENT DETONATORS IN TERMS OF THE INITIATION STIMULUS

T. Heidebrecht, C. Zimmermann

Fraunhofer ICT, Pfinztal, D

 

P34

BLAST SIMULATION: THERMAL AND MATERIAL ANALYSIS

M. Lasota, T. Heidebrecht, C. Zimmermann, S. Wurster

Fraunhofer ICT, Pfinztal, D

 

P35

INVESTIGATION ON PHYSICS AWARE NEURAL NETWORKS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF DETONATION PARAMETERS OF NON-IDEAL EXPLOSIVES

D. Tomaschewski, F. Steinhauser

Fraunhofer ICT, Pfinztal, D

 

P36

HiTDOC – THE FIRST EDF TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGE, ADDRESSING TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE DETECTION OF LANDMINES AND IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES (IEDs)

I. Wilhelm, F. Schnürer

Fraunhofer ICT, Pfinztal, D

H. Önnerud, D. Letalick

FOI, SE

D. Deiana, M. Koolloos

TNO, NL

J.J. Navlet Salvatierra, J.M. Gomez Sanz

INTA, ES

 

P37

SEMI-AUTOMATED SPECTRAL QUANTIFICATION OF THE CONCENTRATION OF INGREDIENTS IN GUN PROPELLANTS

J. Langer, M. Heil, C. Fuchs

Fraunhofer ICT, Pfinztal, D

 

P38

DUMPED AMMUNITION – A CHALLENGE FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR THE 21^st CENTURY

T. Salacinski, M. Szala, B. Wiaderek, K. Rzadkowska

Military University of Technology, Warsaw, PL

 

P39

HIGH-ENERGY BALL MILLING: AN ALTERNATIVE TECHNIQUE FOR PREPARING REACTIVE NANOPOWDERS

P.-H. Esposito, R. Denoyel, M.-V. Coulet

Aix-Marseille University CNRS, Marseille, F

 

P40

PARAMETRIC MODELLING OF COMPLEX AGEING BEHAVIOR OF TENSILE MODULUS IN CTPB-BONDED PROPELLANT

M.A. Bohn

Fraunhofer ICT, Pfinztal, D

G.S. Tussiwand

HAPTICA s.r.l., Busto Arsizio, IT

 

P41

FLASHPOINT PREDICTION

T. Wombacher, K. Lehmann

Merck Life Science, Darmstadt, D

 

P42

EFFECT OF CARBON NANOTUBES ON THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF CL-20 EXPLOSIVE:

A MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION STUDY

Shupei Zhang, Danyang Liu, Kun Yang, Jianying Lu, Lixiang Zhong, Junying Wu, Lang Chen

Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, PRC

 

P43

SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATION OF HIGH IRON CONTENT FERROCENE DERIVATIVE POLYMER AS COMBUSTION CATALYST

Mushuang Qian, Xiaoqiang Li, Jiaxin Liu, Jun Yang

Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (CAS), Shanghai, PRC

 

P44

ENERGETIC MATERIALS BASED ON PARAFFIN USED IN A SPACE INDUSTRY AS FUELS FOR HYBRID ROCKET ENGINES

B. Smetana, M. Kawulokova, S. Zla, P. Dostal, H. Matuskova, J. Dobrovska

Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava-Poruba, CZ

C. Boros

Borospace s.r.o., Bratislava, SK

 

P45

THE STUDY ON THE STABILITY OF HAN BASED GEL PROPELLANT

Jun Yang, Hui Li

Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (CAS), Shanghai, PRC

 

P46

A COMPREHENSIVE INVESTIGATION INTO SAFETY AND YIELD FOR SYNTHESIS OF LOW-SENSITIVITY HIGH EXPLOSIVE 3-NITRO-1,2,4-TRIAZOL-5-ONE

M. Elnegoumy, C. Dubois, E. Comtois

Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, CAN

A. Elbeih

Military Technical College, Cairo, ET

 

P47

THERMODYNAMIC CRITERIUM FOR EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS AND DETONATIVE REACTIONS

E.-C. Koch

Lutradyn Energetic Materials, Kaiserslautern, D

 

P48

TERNARY THERMITES: INFLUENCE OF MIXING RATIO ON THERMITE REACTIONS

E. Roth, S. Knapp, A. Raab

Fraunhofer ICT, Pfinztal, D

The conference will take place in the Gartenhalle of the Karlsruhe Convention Center - an event location in the heart of Karlsruhe city.

Hence, a variety of hotels and restaurants are nearby, and the conference site is within walking distance to the castle, the main station, and the shopping streets.

A list of available hotels during the International Annual Conference of the Fraunhofer ICT 2025 is provided by HRS.

In 1970 the first Annual Conference of the Fraunhofer ICT in the field of propellants and explosives took place. Held for over 50 years, the conference has gained worldwide importance, with hundreds of participants from more than 30 nations.

Below you can see some impressions of the annual conference in the 1970s.