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"Response of Structures to Blast from Fuel-Air Explosions and Common Chemical Explosions" - Robert Sewell, U.S. Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake, Calif. and Gilbert F. Kinney, U.S. Naval Post Graduate School, Monterey, Calif.

"Tests to Determine Separation Distances of Earth-Covered Magazines" - F. Weals, U. S. Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake, Calif.

"Testing Techniques to Determine Response of Reinforced Concrete Structures to Blast Loading" - Arthur Schwartz, Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, N.J. (To be read by title only)

FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES OF EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS -
EXPLOSIVE CHARACTERISTICS*

Session Chairman: Melvin A. Cook
Institute of Metals and Explosives Research
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

1:30 P.M.-
"Low-Velocity-Detonation" - Robert W. Van Dolah, U.S. Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, Pa.

"Oblique Impact Sensitivity and Frictional Sensitivity of Explosives" - Irving S. Akst, Pantex Ordnance Plant, Amarillo, Tex.

"Spark Initiation Requirements of a Secondary Explosive" - T.J. Tucker, Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, N. M.

"A Systematic Approach for the Analysis and Prediction of the Yield from Liquid Propellant Explosives" - E. A. Farber, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla., and J. H. Deese, John F. Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

"Studies and Analysis of the Mixing Phenomena of Liquid Propellants Leading to a Yield-Time Function Relationship" - E. A. Farber and R. L. San Martin, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla. (To be read by title only)


*See notation on last printed page concerning sessions being held concurrently.