PROGRAMME SCHEDULE

Day 3 : 18 December 2019 (Wednesday)

Time (hrs) Event Venue

IC & SR
0900 – 0945 Plenary Session (PS VII)
Auditorium
Technical Session – IV
4A : Rocket Propellant Study (E-021 IC & SR
– E026) Auditorium
4B : Safety & Disposal Techniques
Hall I
(J-001–J-006)

0945 – 1115 4C : Quality Assurance & Detection Hall II

of Explosives (I-009 – I-014)
4D : Combustion Study (B-013 – B-
Hall III
017)
4E : Pyrotechnics & Expls. (C-009 –
Annxe Hall
C-012)
1115 – 1130 Tea Break IC & SR
Technical Session - V
5A : Rocket Propellant Study IC & SR
(E-027 – E-031) Auditorium
5B : Safety & Disposal Techniques
Hall I
(J-007–J-009)

1130 – 1300 5C : High Explosives (F-013 – F-018) Hall II

5D : Gun Propellants (G-001 – G-

Hall III
005)
5E : Modeling & Simulation
Annxe Hall
(H-007 – H-012)
1300 – 1400 Lunch IC & SR
1430 – 1500 Valedictory Function SAC
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S.no. Paper ID. Title of the Paper Time (hrs)

Session I : 0945-1115 hrs

Session Title: Rocket Propellant Study

Study on response of highly filled composite propellants for oscillatory loads

1. E-021 0945 - 1000
Lisha Vipin, Dr. Ramesh Kurva, Dr. Manoj Gupta and KPS Murthy

Development of high density composite propellant formulations for lower stage rocket motors
2. E-022 1000 – 1015
Lisha Vipin, Dr. Ramesh Kurva, Sunil Jain and Dr. Manoj Gupta

Blending of Hydroxy terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) with wide variation in properties and its
implication on solid propellant mechanical properties
3. E-023 1015 – 1030
Subhrorup Pal, Santosh Borle, Ramesh Banoth, Dr. Gaurav Agnihotri,
B Sanyal, Dr. MVL Ramesh

Development and characterization of solid fuel propellants for Hybrid propulsion

4. E-024 1030 – 1045
P.S.Sathiskumar, Yatendra kumar, Manikuttan C, S Umasankar, Levin G

Experimental Studies on Ignition Transients of Short Burn Motor with Extruded Double Base
5. E-025 Tubular Grains 1045 – 1100
Rajesh Maji, V Ravi Prasad, Ganesh S, K Sampath Kumar, MPR Sharma, A P Vardhan

Study of influence of higher cure temperature on propellant characteristics and throughput of solid
6. E-026 propellant rocket motors 1100 – 1115
Shaik Ali and Betarayan Munirathinam
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S.no. Paper Title of the Paper Time (hrs)

ID.

Session II: 1130-1300 hrs

Session Title: Rocket Propellant Study

Synthesis of Hybrid Rocket Paraffin Based Fuel with nSi𝐎2

1. E-027 1130 – 1145
Jessima Parveen. H, Dr. Yogesh Kumar Sinha

Study on the effect of variations in solid propellant modulus on burning rate of ballistic evaluation
motors
2. E-028 1145 – 1200
Sai Karthik.P, Jatendra Nirankari Srinivasa Rao.B,Karthikeyan B,
P V S Kurmanath, A Syed Hamed

Effect of segmental compatibility imposed over metal based polybutadiene polyurethane

3. E-029 1200 – 1215
Moumita Dhara and Tushar Jana

New Mechanical Tilting System for safe removal and disposal of machined chips and dust of solid
4. E-030 propellant from modified gravity collector 1215 -1230
Kuldeep Kumar Tomar, A. Balamurali

Study of control characteristics of automatic propellant slurry feed system for casting of large solid
propellant boosters
5. E-031 1230 – 1245
Chandra Prakash Kotwal, P Abdul Rahman, Madhusudhan Nath, S Venkata Ganesh Sandeep
Singh, M. Prasad, Dr. B. Munirathinam, V. Ranganathan
 Venue: Hall – I
Day 3 : 17 December 2019 (Tuesday)

S.no. Paper ID. Title of the Paper Time (hrs)

Session V: 1130-1330 hrs

Session Title: Safety & Disposal technique

Safety Management and Emergency Preparedness Plan for Defence Explosive Facilities
1. J-007 1130 – 1145
S.Thalapathi Raj, SL Silan , and Jaiprakash Kamal

Safety Service Life Studies using Micro Calorimetry and Stabilizer Depletion for Ballistite
2. J-008 Propellants 1145 – 1200
T K Varadarajan and S S Kakade

Treatment of ammonium perchlorate and its sequestration in the form of struvite

3. J-009 1200 – 1215
Kodam Kisan, Mane Dhanaji, Rane Niraj, Nandre Vinod
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S.no. Paper ID. Title of the Paper Time (hrs)

Session IV : 0945-1115 hrs

Session Title: Safety & Disposal Technique

Studies on photo-degradation of HMX wastewater using medium pressure UV lamp.

1. J-001 Pallvi Bhanot, S. Mary Celin, Sandeep Kumar Sahai, R. K. Tanwar, 0945 - 1000
G. K.Mishra and Praveen Sharma.

Post Explosion Damage Assessment

2. J-002 1000 – 1015
Hemlata Gautam, Neelam Saxena, HL Yadav, Rajiv Narang

New mechanical tilting system for safe removal and disposal of machined chips and dust of
3. J-003 solid propellant from modified gravity collector 1015 – 1030
Kuldeep Kumar Tomar, A. Balamurali & V. Ranganathan

Optimization of Explosive/Ammunition Storage Capacity of an Explosive Storage Depot

4. J-004 Mukesh Saw, Prabhanjan Kumar Thakur, Bimal Kumar, 1030 – 1045
Gulshan Kumar Singla, Sumit Kumar

Nano-particle enhanced Femtosecond Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy of organic

5. J-005 polymers. 1045 – 1100
N.Linga murthy, M.S.S.Bharathi, Abdul kalam S , Venugopal Rao Soma

Environmental Safety Assessment during Test and Evaluation of Flight Vehicles

6. J-006 1100 – 1115
S K Sahu and RK Behera
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S.no. Paper ID. Title of the Paper Time (hrs)

Session IV : 0945-1115 hrs

Session Title: Quality Assurance & Detection of Explosives

Calibration of HPLC for HMX and RDX Purity Determination

1. I-009 0945 - 1000
Nikhilesh S. Trivedi, Roshnee Das, Per Sjoberg, R. Mikael

Study of Batch to Batch Variation of Burn Rates of Ammonium Perchlorate Monopropellant

2. I-010 1000 – 1015
Mahesh Shrikishan Ingole, Kumar Nagendra, P.A. Ramakrishna

Planning of nondestructive coverage and techniques for new solid propellant motors
3. I-011 1015 – 1030
Betarayan Munirathinam

Estimation of Ammonium perchlorate in Solid Propellant Slurry by a simple and rapid non-
4. I-012 aqueous potentiometric titrationmethod 1030 – 1045
M. Rajya Lakshmi, G. Kumari, S. Selva Kumar, T.V Ramana Reddy& A. Syed Hamed

Development of a Consistent Burn Rate Determination Methodology for Ballistic Evaluation

Motor
5. I-013 1045 – 1100
Kiran Pinumalla, Prasanth C, Khadar Voli Kalluru, Deepak Sharma, Jeenu R,
Krishnadasan CK and Levin G

Quantification of Composite insulation flaws in large solid propellant rocket motors using
6. I-014 high energy radiographic techniques 1100 – 1115
B Munirathinam, V Ramesh Babu, Pravakar Ojha and V Ranganathan
 Venue: Hall – II
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S.no. Paper ID. Title of the Paper Time (hrs)

Session V: 1130-1330 hrs

Session Title: High Explosives

Shock Attenuation Characterisation of AA2014, AISI 304 SS and 17-4PH Subjected to

1. F-013 Explosive Driven Shock 1130 – 1145
Pramod R Nair, N.Vinod Kumar, Baby Abraham, M. Mohan

Experimental Study of HMX, HTPB and Al based EBX Formulation for Enhanced Blast
Effects
2. F-014 1145 – 1200
Manish Kumar, Shiv Kumar, Mahesh Kumar, Tirupati Sharma,
Dhirendra Gupta, N. Mukherjee

A Study on Sympathetic Detonation of High Explosive Elements for Launch Vehicle

Application.
3. F-015 1200 – 1215
Piyushkanti Kar, B Dutta Majumdar, Vincy PV, Vinodh Kumar CP, Divya PL, Vinod RC
Chackochen MK, Subendulal KP, Ruben V Lopez, Baby Abraham

Investigation of TNT Equivalence of Aluminized Explosives

4. F-016 Satveer Kumar, Surinder Kumar, Shiv Kumar, Manish Kumar, 1215 -1230
Meenakshi Kala Bhatt, Chinmay Sarkar, Niladri Mukherjee

Effect of Strain Rate on Mechanical behavior of a Polymer Bonded Explosive

5. F-017 Gurpreet Kaur, Raj Kumar Kaushik, Prince Sharma, Pardeep Chandel, Davinder Kumar, 1230 – 1245
Ipsita Biswas and Manjit Singh

Pyrotechnic Igniter Impingement Study

6. F-018
Sumit Sarma , V. Ravi Prasad, Kumar Nagendra, P.A. Ramakrishna
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S.no. Paper ID. Title of the Paper Time (hrs)

Session IV : 0945-1115 hrs

Session Title: Combustion Thermal & Ballistic Property Studies

Thermal Studies on High Performance Cast Polymer Bonded Explosive (PBX) Formulations
1. B-013 0945 - 1000
P.P. Vadhe, N.H. Naik, U.S. Prasad, R.K. Sinha and K.P.S. Murthy

Studies on Thermal Properties of Advanced Energetic Propellants

2. B-014 Amit Kumar, Prakash V Chavan, Vaibhav S. Sadavarte, Debdas Bhowmik, 1000 – 1015
Shrikant M Pande,

Studies on the Catalytic Activity of Nickel Molybdenum Oxide on Thermal Decomposition

of Ammonium Perchlorate and its Evaluation in Composite Propellant Formulation
3. B-015 1015 – 1030
Sunil Jain, Vommina Sumanvitha, Basava Jyothsna, Harmeet Singh,
Vrushali Khire, N.P.N. Rao & K. Balasubramanian

Effect of Heating Rate on Melting Point of HMX, RDX, TNT and PETN
4. B-016 1030 – 1045
Roshnee Das, Nikhilesh S. Trivedi, Per Sjoberg, R. Mikael

Thermal analysis of solid propellant specimen with integrated multi material kept in thermal
conditioning chamber
5. B-017 1045 – 1100
Khadar Voli Kalluru, Deepak Sharma, Kiran Pinumalla, Prasanth C, Jeenu R,
Krishnadasan CK and Levin G

Development of H2O2 Based Hybrid Rocket for Sounding Rocket Application

6. B-018 1100 – 1115
Gaurav Marothiya, P.A. Ramakrishna, N. Saravanan, Praveen Kumar Solasa
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S.no. Paper ID. Title of the Paper Time (hrs)

Session V: 1130-1330 hrs

Session Title: Gun Propelants

Analysis and experimentation of gun propellant gas initiated rocket motor system of 120mm
1. G-001 bomb for high ‘g’ application 1130 – 1145
Milind S Bokade, CS Mahapatra, Manish Chandra, Sanjaykumar, RP Pandey

Engineering Level IM Test Results for 155mm Extended Range XM1128 HE Projectile
2. G-002 1145 – 1200
Keyur Patel

Increasing the effectiveness of combined damaging elements in the defeat of lightly armored
3. G-003 targets 1200 – 1215
E.A. Khmelnikov, K.V. Smagin, T.E. Zavodova

Effect of Barrel Wear on Muzzle Velocity of typical Tank-fired projectiles

4. G-004 1215 -1230
A Banerjee, S Chakraborty, S Paul, K Bandha, B Hazarika

Studies on Closed Vessel Evaluation of Nitramine-Based Large-Web Gun-Propellants

5. G-005 C.P.Shetty, Pragati Mehta, Sandeep Kaur, K.K.Mishra, R.K.Jha,Vikram Singh, 1230 – 1245
Dr.Himanshu Shekhar
 Venue: Annex Hall
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S.no. Paper ID. Title of the Paper Time (hrs)

Session IV : 0945-1115 hrs

Session Title: Pyrotechnique & Civil Explosives

Potassium Nitrate based Pyrotechnic Compositions as the Most Efficient Fire Extinguishing
Agents
1. C-009 0945 - 1000
Amit Saxenaa, Meenakshi Rohillaa,b, Kavita Devia, Piyush Sharmaa,
Inderpal Singha, Yogesh Kumar Tyagib and Rajiv Naranga

An Approach for the Qualification of Bridge wire for Hot wire Initiators
2. C-010 Dr. Rani Krishnan K.R., Neethu T.K., Savitha Nair, I. Mohana Rao, Kumar H, 1000 – 1015
Purushothaman P, Mohan M.

Study on Effect of Processing parameters on Velocity of Detonation of Mild Detonating

Cords
3. C-011 1015 – 1030
Vinodh Kumar CP, Piyushkanti Kar, Vincy P V, Venugopalan K , Ruben V Lopez,
Baby Abraham

Design & qualification testing of gas generator for aircraft application

4. C-012 1030 – 1045
B A Parate, JG Bamble, A K Sahu, V K Dixit
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S.no. Paper ID. Title of the Paper Time (hrs)

Session V: 1130-1330 hrs

Session Title: Modelling & Simulation

H-007 A statistical approach for validation of Subsieve Auto Sizer in solid propellant production 1130 – 1145
1. Soyamol Thomas, Sreedevi M S, Ramya P R, Rani Mathammal B, Sai Ganesan H and
Prakash P

Studies on Exploring the Capabilities of Extec Software and Correlations Development for
2. H-008 VoDs Predictions 1145 – 1200
Vilas B Avhale, A G Nagarkar, R K Sinha and KPS Murthy

Implosion Driven Hypervelocity Fragment Launcher: Experiments and Simulations

3. H-009 P.N. Verma, M.V. Suryawanshi, K.D. Dhote, Satwinder Sigh, V.K. Dixit, H.K. Gogoi, M.K. 1200 – 1215
Singh, G. Rajesh, T.Y. Saidalavi

Study on Various FLSC Mounting Configurations through Hydrocode Modeling

4. H-010 Bishwajyoti Dutta Majumdar, Shete Mayuresh Kailas, Pramod R Nair, Sheeju Chandran, 1215 -1230
Purushothaman P, Baby Abraham

Identifying optimum % of RDX in modified double base propellants for improved life
5. H-011 expectancy using mathematical modelling 1230 – 1245
Roopa A , Sarvana SKB

Design of rocket engine with swivel nozzle

6. H-012 1245 – 1300
S.Irish Angelin, P.Manikandan, S.Hari Balaji, J.John Joseph, G.Mohanraj