18th International Symposium for the Interaction of Munitions with Structures

DEADLINES:

EXTENDED to May 1, 2019 Deadline for Abstracts 

EXTENDED to May 19, 2019 Presenter Notification

EXTENDED to September 2, 2019 Papers Due

SUBMISSION LINK:

https://abstractr.dce.ufl.edu/

ABSTRACT TEMPLATE: 

Click HERE to access the Abstract template. Please use this template for your abstract and submit your file as a Microsoft Word document.

 GUIDELINES:

• Abstracts must be submitted in Microsoft Word format (.doc) using the abstract template.

• Abstracts must also include authors’ affiliations and address of the lead author.

• Each presentation will have a time limit of 20 minutes which includes a discussion period of about 5 minutes.

FULL PAPER TEMPLATE: 

Click HERE to access the Full Paper template. Please use this template for your paper and submit your file as a Microsoft Word document.

Please only submit a paper if you were notified that your abstract was accepted. 

 GUIDELINES:

• Papers must be submitted in Microsoft Word format (.doc) using the full paper template

• Papers should be submitted to the ISIEMS website on the “Full Paper Submission” page

• Please do not submit your paper more than once. If you are concerned your paper submission didn't go through, please email Erin Dinkel at edinkel@dce.ufl.edu.

• Abstracts must also include authors’ affiliations and address of the lead author.

• Papers will be presented in not more than two parallel sessions at a time.

• Each presentation will have a time limit of 20 minutes which includes a discussion period of about 5 minutes.

TOPICS:

Environments from weapon effects
- Blast, shock, and impact environments
- Shock propagation behavior in air or solid media
- Blast phenomena in tunnels
 

Impact and penetration
- Hypervelocity impact
- Phenomena of penetration: 
     - influence of shape,material, and energy
     - influence of target, type, and material
 

Techniques for mitigating weapons effects
- Shielding from blast, fragments, or penetrators
- Blast suppression
 

Materials response to short duration loading
- Traditional materials in protective construction
- Innovative materials for protective construction
- The effects of innovative materials on structural response
 

Structural response to explosion effects
- Above ground facilities
- Buried, or deeply-buried facilities
- External, or internal detonations
- Combined damage from blast and fragments
- Structural detailing for protective systems
- Structural response and/or failure models
 

Structure contents subjected to weapons effects
- Equipment damage/response
- Personnel injury
- Modeling/prediction of functional degradation
 

Progressive collapse considerations
 

Modeling of innovative payload effects
 

Experimental approaches for any of the below-noted topics
- Precision laboratory testing
- Field testing
- Instrumentation and data acquisition
 

Computational approaches for any of the below-noted topics
- Fast-running computational tools
- Advanced physics computational tools
- Code validation issues
 

Analytical or experimental techniques that did not work
 

Research in progress