Project DarkStar: Controlling Material Deformation

Jonathan Belof | 21-SI-006

Executive Summary

The purpose of this project is to take the quantum leap from understanding to controlling dynamic material response. The scientific and technological achievements attained will enable a completely new paradigm for weapons physics and design and advance the U.S. national security posture.

Publications, Presentations, and Patents

CONFERENCES

C.F. Jekel, Y. Choi, D. White, J.L. Belof, "€œUsing conservation laws to infer deep learning model accuracy of Richtmyer-Meshkov instabilities€." The 8th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, ECCOMAS Congress 2022, 5-9 June 2022, Oslo, Norway.

D. Sterbentz, C.F. Jekel, D. White, J.L. Belof, "Design optimization for Richtmyer-€Meshkov instability suppression." American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting 2022, March 14-18, 2022.

D. White, R. Rieben, J.L. Belof, "€œOptimization of material interfaces for control of Richtmyer-Meshkov instabilities." 10thInternational Conference on Numerical Methods for Multi-Material Fluid Flow (MULTIMAT 2022). August 19-27, 2022, Zurich.

D.J. Kline, M.D. Grapes, G.C. Egan, W.P. Bassett, K.T. Sullivan, J.L. Belof, R.V. Reeves, "In situ compositional and morphological characterization of additively manufactured composites." In: Energ. Mater. Direct Ink Write Workshop, Doolittle Institute, 2021. LLNL-PRES-825862.

D.J. Kline, M.D. Grapes, G.C. Egan, B.M. English, E.A. Avalos, K.T. Sullivan, J.L. Belof, "In situ characterization techniques for composition identification and reconstruction of additively manufactured parts." In: Contam. Coatings, Mater. Planet. Prot. Work., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Greenbelt, MD, 2021. LLNL-PRES-828267.

D.J. Kline, M.D. Grapes, W.P. Bassett, G.C. Egan, B.W. White, K.T. Sullivan, J.L. Belof, R.V. Reeves,  "In situ contactless composition characterization of additively manufactured energetic materials." In: Jt. Army-Navy-NASA-Air Force 43rd Propellant Explos. Dev. Charact. Symp., Johns Hopkins University, Columbia, MD, 2021. LLNL-PRES-829380.