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DoD Explosives Safety

IESSE 25 Proceedings

International Explosives Safety Summit and Exposition (IESSE) 2025

Table of Contents

1. Ammunition and Explosives Storage I

Presentation NamePresenterPresentationPaper
Development and Technical Bases of U. S. Department of Defense Intermagazine Distances to Earth Covered MagazinesBill ZehrtViewView
3-Bar Earth Covered MagazineJoseph HaydonViewView
Developments towards the munition storage depot of the futureYinte VerberneViewView

2. Ammunition and Explosives Storage II

Presentation NamePresenterPresentationPaper
Navy Explosives Storage OptimizationTyler RossView

3. Blast Effects and Modeling I

Presentation NamePresenterPresentationPaper
SBEDS as a Tool For Computation of Blast Response for Explosives SafetyChuck OswaldViewView
Advancing explosive safety projects through the application of computational modeling to quantify explosive effects for confined HD 1.3 eventsTim BrewerViewView
Development of enhanced computational modeling simulation tools to support explosive safety projects for confined HD 1.3 eventsTim BrewerView

4. Blast Effects and Modeling II

Presentation NamePresenterPresentationPaper
A D-Optimality Criterion for the Probabilistic Parameter Sensitivity Analysis of Concrete Constitutive Model in High-Strain-Rate Regimes for Impact AnalysisHyung Jin Choi
Gas Pressure Testing Program and Measured Gas Pressure HistoriesChuck OswaldViewView
Improved Method to Calculate Gas Pressure Histories from Confined Detonations with VentingChuck OswaldViewView
Recent Developments in ConfinedBlast Web ApplicationSerdar AstarliogluView

5. Blast Overpressure Injury

Presentation NamePresenterPresentationPaper
Measurement and Simulation of Small Arms Muzzle BlastMartijn van der VoortViewView

6. Explosives Safety Siting and Design I

Presentation NamePresenterPresentationPaper
Tier 1 Risk-Based Explosives Safety Siting (RBESS)John K JacksonView
State of Practive and Potential Solutions for Explosives Safety Delegated DesignFred JorgensenView
Toward an Interactive Future for Explosives Safety Siting in Master PlanningKyle RootViewView
Considerations for Design-Build Explosives Safety ProjectsLeslie DuffyView

7. Explosives Safety Siting and Design II

Presentation NamePresenterPresentationPaper
We Need More Storage SpaceTyler RossView
A digital approach to safer munition storage and streamlined permitting process: From Excel-based expertise to a NATO-interoperable ESSP toolGunnar PlovieViewView

8. Fragment Effects and Modeling

Presentation NamePresenterPresentationPaper
Deep-Learning Based Improvements to Explosives Safety Board ToolsSerdar AstarliogluView
Overview of Full-Scale Arena Testing of Munitions with Optical Tracking DiagnosticsRyan SchaefermeyerView
Comparison of the NATO 79J hazardous fragment with contemporary blunt impact and penetration injury modelsMartijn van der VoortView
Implementation of Improved Metrics for Hazardous Fragment Evaluation for Both Insensitive Munitions & Hazard Classification purposesDaniel PudlakView
Implementation of Improved Methodology for Hazardous Fragment Evaluation for both Insensitive Munitions & Hazard Classification PurposesDaniel PudlakView

12. Protective Construction II

Presentation NamePresenterPresentationPaper
Dichotomy of Legacy Explosives Cubicle Designs and DoD 6055.09 Personnel Protection Requirements from an Accidental DetonationBill ZehrtViewView

13. Regulations, Approvals, and Accident Reporting

Presentation NamePresenterPresentationPaper
Beirut Port Explosion: Comparison of Field Damage to Explosive Safety StandardsKevin MuellerViewView

14. Risk Assessment and Management I

Presentation NamePresenterPresentationPaper
Updates to Uncertainty Model within the DoW Risk-Based Explosives Safety Siting MethodologyBob ConwayViewView
Acceptable Risk from Ammunition StorageKnut HolmViewView
Ammunition and Explosives Consequence Analysis Tool (AECAT)Neil McCormickViewView
RIMANA 5 – New Swiss Army Risk Analysis Tool for Ammunition StoragePeter NussbaumerViewView
Risk model for large – scale munition transshipments in seaportsSander SchouwenaarsViewView
Siting in NorwayAnn Leni FladvadView
QRA for Regulatory Applications using IMESAFRJohn TatomViewView
2024 ATF Perforating Gun Test Series to Support Quantitative Risk AssessmentJohn TatomViewView

15. Risk Assessment and Management II

Presentation NamePresenterPresentationPaper
Implementation of Prompt Propagation Logic in a QRA ToolJohn TatomViewView
Grading Quantitative Risk Assessments for Multiple-Stage OperationsJohn TatomView
Updates in AASTP-4: Risk Analysis for Ammunition Storage and TransportAnn FladvadView
NATO IM Portfolio Update w/ Focus on the Insensitive Munitions – Hazard Classification (IM-HC) Harmonization Effort and Potential Impact on the DDESB CommunityDaniel PudlakView