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First-Principles Atomistic Simulations Of Energetic Materials, Aaron Christopher Landerville
First-Principles Atomistic Simulations Of Energetic Materials, Aaron Christopher Landerville
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This dissertation is concerned with the understanding of physico-chemical properties of energetic materials (EMs). Recently, a substantial amount of work has been directed towards calculations of equations of state and structural changes upon compression of existing EMs, as well as elucidating the underlying chemistry of initiation in detonating EMs. This work contributes to this effort by 1) predicting equations of state and thermo-physical properties of EMs, 2) predicting new phases of novel EMs, and 3) examining the initial stages of chemistry that result in detonation in EMs. The motivation for the first thrust, is to provide thermodynamic properties as input …