Advances in Techniques for Structural and Dynamical Studies of Stability in Energetic Materials and Applications to Diverse End-Item Problems

Abstract : This paper consists of two distinct but closely related parts. In the first part the most recent experimental advances that have been made in obtaining a predictive capability for the macroscopic behavior of energetic materials from structural and lattice-dynamical measurements are described. In the second part two cases wherein sophisticated capabilities, developed previously, are being employed to aid in the solution of current development problems in energetic materials applications.