UPCOMING WORKSHOP
19th WPC
NOVEL MATERIALS
&
OLD MATERIALS IN NEW ROLES
September 6, 2025, Munich, Germany
right before the 48th International Pyrotechnics Seminar at LMU Munich, Germany, September 8-12, 2025.
Thomas M. KLAPÖTKE, LMU, Munich, Germany
Ernst-Christian KOCH, Lutradyn, Kaiserslautern, Germany
Julien Glorian, ISL, Saint Louis, France
Michael Gozin, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Tomasz Jarosz, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland
Davin Piercey, Purdue University, Purdue, USA
Alexander Schweiger, LMU, Munich, Germany
Ken Smit, DST Group, Edinburgh, Australia
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PAST WORKSHOP
18th Workshop on Pyrotechnic Combustion Mechanisms
COMBUSTION & DEFLAGRATION
of
ENERGETIC MATERIALS
Monday, June 24 2024
at
Fraunhofer ICT, Pfinztal, Germany
Picture photographed by Andrzej Koleczko, Fraunhofer ICT
UPDATE July 4th
*** Link to download Presentations has been sent today***
Speakers & Talks
Helmut CIEZKI, DLR, Lampoldshausen; Germany
Gel-Propulsion – An Overview of Possibilities and of Results Elaborated in Germany
Patrick SCHNIPPERING, ISL, Saint Louis, France
Entrapping nitroglycerin in organic matrices
Arno HAHMA, Diehl Defence, Röthenbach, Germany
Electrochemical combustion acceleration
Sebastian KNAPP, Fraunhofer-ICT, Pfinztal, Germany
Modelling of Pyrotechnic Mixtures
Jasmin LECHNER, LMU, Munich, Germany
Synthesis – The Core Component of Energetic Materials Research
Marina SEIDL, ISL, Saint Louis, France
Impact-induced energy release of reactive structural materials
Steve SON, Purdue University, Purdue, Il, USA
In Situ Resource Utilization on Mars for Energetic Materials
Romuald VAN RIET, Royal Military Academy, Brussels, Belgium
New energetic materials based on nanoporous materials filled with oxidants and their applications
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- Reduced Rate for Students, Trainees: 75,- EUR incl. 19 % VAT
Past Workshops
17th Workshop on Pyrotechnic Combustion Mechanisms
Monday, June 27, 2022,
adjacent to the Annual Conference of the ICT from June 28- July 1 2022 in Karlsruhe
Fraunhofer ICT, Pfinztal, Germany
HYBRID MEETING
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING of ENERGETIC MATERIALS
Photo by Tim Nickel, ICT.
+++ SPEAKERS +++
Joost van Lingen, TNO, The Hague, The Netherlands
3D Printing of Energetics @ TNO:
How it started and where we are now
Barbara Baschung, French-German Research Institute of Saint-Louis, Saint Louis, France
EDA - AMTEM Project: Additive Manufacturing Techniques for Energetic Materials
Monique McClain, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN, USA
Extrusion-based Additive Manufacturing of Composite Energetic Materials
Christelle Collet, NATO MSIAC, Brussels, Belgium
New Concerns and Opportunities for Additive Manufacturing Processes Applied to Energetic Materials
Damien Chaveroux, EURENCO, Bergerac, France
Formulations for 3D solvent cast AM, Energetic Textiles & Igniter continuous deposit process
Michael Grapes, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CA, USA
Design and diagnostics for advanced manufacturing of energetics,
Rebecca Millar, UK Ministry of Defence & Cranfield University, UK
Additive Manufacturing research for energetic materials in the UK
Uwe Schaller, Fraunhofer ICT, Pfinztal, Germany
Additive Manufacturing of Energetic Materials at ICT
SCHEDULE
Sunday, June 26, 17:00 hrs CEST Speakers Meeting (on invitation only)
Monday, June 27, 8:00 hrs CEST Registration opens
8:30 hrs CEST Internet lines open
8:45 - 9:00 hrs CEST Opening Remarks
9:00 - 13:00 hrs CEST Presentations
13:00 - 14:00 hrs CEST Lunch Break
13:50 hrs CEST Internet lines open
14:00 - 17:30 hrs CEST Presentations
17:30 hrs CEST Final Discussion
18:00 hrs CEST end
16th Workshop on Pyrotechnic Combustion Mechanisms
June 28-30, 2021
VIRTUAL EVENT - WEBWORKSHOP
DOCUMENTATION
The presentations and videos are available on Friday July 2.
Every participant will receive an E-mail to download the presentations and to watch the videos of the three sessions.
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FINAL SCHEDULE
MONDAY JUNE 28 2021
EDT 10:00 AM / CEST 4:00 PM Ernst-Christian Koch
EDT 10:15 AM / CEST 4:15 PM Stefan Kolev, SURT Technologies, Sofia, Bulgaria
NOVEL ENHANCED BLAST EXPLOSIVES
EDT 11:15 AM / CEST 5:15 PM Allen Kuhl, LLNL, USA
MODELLING BURNING METAL STREAMERS in PYROTECHNIC EXPLOSIONS
EDT 12:15 PM/ CEST 6:15 PM Michael Zachariah, University of California Riverside, CA, USA
TEMPORAL MICROSCOPIC & THERMAL IMAGING TO UNDERSTAND STRUCTURE -FUNCTION RELATIONSHIPS IN REACTIV MATERIALS
EDT 13:15 PM/ CEST 7:15 PM END OF DAY 1
TUESDAY JUNE 29 2021
EDT 10:00 AM / CEST 4:00 PM Marina Seidl & Hartmut Borchert, ISL, Saint Louis, France
INVESTIGATIONS on the IMPACT INDUCED ENERGY RELEASE of PYROPHORIC ALLOY FRAGMENTS
EDT 11:00 AM / CEST 5:00 PM Thomas M. Klapötke, LMU, Munich, Germany,
REACTIVE MATERIALS BASED ON Hf and Zr alloys
EDT 12:00 AM / CEST 6:00 PM Michael Gozin, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
THERMOSTABLE ENERGETIC MATERIALS
EDT 13:00 PM/ CEST 7:00 PM END OF DAY 2
WEDNESDAY JUNE 30 2021
EDT 10:00 AM / CEST 4:00 PM Marc Comet, ISL, Saint Louis, France
ABOUT SOME UNEXPLORED PROPERTIES of AMMONIUM DINITRAMIDE
EDT 11:00 AM / CEST 5:00 PM Nikita Muravyev, Semenov Institute, Moscow, Russia
SENSITIVITY OF ENERGETIC MATERIALS : EVIDENCE OF A THERMODYNAMIC FACTOR
EDT 12:00 AM / CEST 6:00 PM Arno Hahma, Diehl Defence, Röthenbach Germany
REACTIVE STRUCTURAL MATERIALS
EDT 13:00 PM/ CEST 7:00 PM SUMMARY
EDT 13:30 PM/ CEST 7:30 PM END
15th WORKSHOP ON PYROTECHNIC COMBUSTION MECHANISMS
5 - 7 OCTOBER 2020, VIRTUAL EVENT
- E. Dreizin, Metal-Metal Fluoride Reactive Composites and Reactions Leading to their Ignition
- M. Pantoya, Ignition Mechanisms for Fuel Particles in Energetic Composites
- S. Son, Impact Ignition of Energetic Materials
- J. Puszynski, Ignition of Energetic Materials: Mechanism, Theory and Modeling
- V. Weiser, Experimental investigation and modelling of the ignitor plume/propellant interaction
- W. Proud, Impulsive Loading of Detonation Trains
 | Booklet of Abstracts of the 15th WPC 15th WPC-2020-Booklet of Abstracts.pdf (1.44MB) |
| 15th WPC-2020-Booklet of Abstracts.pdf (1.44MB) |
14TH WORKSHOP ON PYROTECHNIC COMBUSTION MECHANISMS
25. JUNE 2018, KAISERSLAUTERN, GERMANY
Presenters and participants at the 15th Workshop on Pyrotechic Combustion Mechanisms
J Campos (2.fl), M Suceska (3.fl standing back), K. Hack (7.fr, standing back), S. Kelzenberg (9.f.r. standing back)
Round Robin Program:
If you are interested to participate with yet another Thermochemical & Kinetics Code (not given below) please download the program and contact us at info@lutradyn.com
+++ Codes & Presenters +++
- EXPLO-5, Prof. Dr. Muhamed Suceska, University of Zagreb, Croatia
- FACTSAGE-7.x, Prof. Dr. Klaus Hack, GTT Technologies, Germany
- ICT, Dr. Stefan Kelzenberg, Fraunhofer, ICT, Germany
- NASA-CEA, Dr. Ernst-Christian Koch, Lutradyn, Germany
- THOR , Prof. Dr. Jose Campos, University of Coimbra, Portugal
+++Workshop Co-Chairs+++
Ernst-Christian Koch, Lutradyn
Sebastian Knapp, Fraunhofer ICT
+++Workshop Location+++
Hotel-Restaurant Burgschänke
Schloßstr. 1
D-67661 Kaiserslautern (Hohenecken)
Germany
13TH WORKSHOP ON PYROTECHNIC COMBUSTION MECHANISMS
26. JUNE 2017, AT FRAUNHOFER ICT, PFINZTAL/KARLSRUHE, GERMANY
THERMITES - VERSATILE ENERGETIC MATERIALS
Photo von A. Koleczko
Z. Doorenbos (2. v.l.), C. Weinhold (6.v. l, hintere Reihe), B. Proud ((. v.l., vordere Reihe), A. Kuhl (13. v. l), L. Catoire,(7.v.r, vordere Reihe), M. Comet (1.v.r). Es fehlen A. Gromov und V. Weiser
LECTURES
Workshop Co-Chairs
- Ernst-Christian Koch, Lutradyn, GERMANY
- Sebastian Knapp, Fraunhofer ICT, GERMANY
International Advisory Board
- Marc Comet, ISL, FRANCE
- Shingo Date, National Defense Academy, JAPAN
- Nigel Davies, Defence Academy of the UK, UNITED KINGDOM
- Ken Smit, Defence Science Technology Group, AUSTRALIA
Mission
The Workshop on Pyrotechnic Combustion Mechanisms (WPC) has been founded in 2004. This occurred in an effort to provide a forum for scientists, engineers and technicians working in the field to facilitate an intensified exchange of ideas on the combustion mechanisms of pyrotechnic and other energetic materials. Since then the workshop is held intermittently adjacent to topically related conferences or seminars.
Concept
The workshop typically commences around 8 am with a get-together breakfast in the conference room, offering the opportunity to register and to meet with the presenters and other participants. Starting at 9 am the workshop features presentations of about an hour duration and sufficient time to facilitate discussion between the presenters and audience. Coffee breaks and a lunch break are held in the same room to avoid spread-out and unnecessary interruption of streams of thoughts. The workshop closes with a wrap-up session and dissemination of the presentations to the participants on a flash drive.
To get an idea about the concept access the free-of-charge proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Pyrotechnic Combustion Mechanisms down below on this page.
PAST WORKSHOPS 2004-2017
PAST PROCEEDINGS
available at
Price: 55.00 EUR + 19 % MWSt (German VAT)
Order your copy at report@lutradyn.com
- 1 st, 10 July, 2004, Fort Collins, USA,
- 2 nd, 27 th June, 2005, Pfinztal, Germany.
- 3 rd, 15 July, 2006, Fort Collins, USA.
- 4 th, 25 June, 2007, Pfinztal, Germany.
- 5 th, 6 October, 2007, Beaune, France.
- 6 th, 12 July, 2008, Fort Collins, USA.
- 7 th, 22 August, 2009, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
- 8 th, 14 May, 2011, Reims, France.
- 9 th, 9 June, 2012, Denver, USA.
- 10 th, 25 May, 2013, Valencia, Spain.
- 11 th, 12 July, 2014, Colorado Springs, USA.
- 12th, 9 July, 2016, Grand Junction, USA
- 13th, 26 June, 2017, Pfinztal, Germany
- 14th, 25 June, 2018, Kaiserslautern, Germany
- 15th, 5-7 October 2020, Virtual Event
| Available WPC-Reports Available WPC-Reports (2004-2020).pdf (172.35KB) |
| Available WPC-Reports (2004-2020).pdf (172.35KB) |
For the full list of presentations see the document to the left.
1ST WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS - 2004 - FREE OF CHARGE!
| Proceedings of the 1st WPC in 2004 Handouts_1st_WPC_2004.pdf (12.89MB) |
| Handouts_1st_WPC_2004.pdf (12.89MB) |
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