Hypervelocity Impact Symposium Topics
HVIS 2007, the 10th symposium in a series, will be held in Williamsburg, Virginia, September 23-27, 2007. The technical session will be conducted at the Williamsburg Lodge Conference Center located on the edge of Colonial Williamsburg.
All papers presented at the symposium will be published in a refereed volume of the International Journal of Impact Engineering. The symposium's proceedings are the major archival source of papers published in this field.
Topics include:
- Hypervelocity Phenomenology Studies
- High Velocity Launchers and Diagnostics
- Spacecraft Meteoroid/Debris Shielding and Failure Analyses
- Spacecraft Shielding
- Spacecraft Studies Space Debris Environment
- Material Response (including EOS)
- Fracture and Fragmentation
- High Velocity Penetration Mechanics and Target Response
- Armor/Anti Armor
- Impact and Penetration
- Analytical and Numerical Techniques
- Asteroid Impact and Planetary Defense Technology
- Penetration Mechanics of Shaped Charges and Explosively Formed Penetrators
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