• Boron Carbide-Silicon Carbide Nanocomposites for Next Generation Armour 

  Payne, Henry (Cranfield University, 2020-12-07)

  Motivation for this Work:Modern warfare is developing rapidly; technology is becoming more advanced and the modern soldier requires more of it. With the increase in equipment there is an increase in weight which reduces ...
• Evaluation of Soil Health in Response to Insensitive High Explosive (IHE) Exposure 

  Persico, Federica (Cranfield University, 2020-12-07)

  Soil provides multiple important functions, such as provision of food and raw materials, a platform for urban development and human wellbeing and a filtering and transforming media for water, nutrients, and carbon. All ...
• External Security Guarantees and Their Impact on Civil War Termination 

  Harvey, Craig (Cranfield University, 2020-12-07)

  Civil wars are notoriously difficult to terminate, with commitment problems increasingly seen as the primary cause for this failure. This research investigates the role that security guarantees and peace enforcement plays ...
• The Thermomechanical Behaviour of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer in a Fire 

  Aspinall, Timothy (Cranfield University, 2020-12-07)

  The effect of fire on military aircraft is a large factor in assessing their survivability and understanding this is a complex and challenging task, which requires specialist research. Quantifying the thermomechanical ...
• Interactive Methods for Improving Robustness of Neural Networks Against Adversarial Attacks 

  McCarthy, Andrew (Cranfield University, 2020-12-07)

  Neural network based Machine Learning Systems are improving the efficiency of real-world tasks including, speech recognition, network intrusion detection, and autonomous vehicles. For example, network intrusion detection ...
• Bohmian Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Warm Dense Matter 

  Campbell, Thomas (Cranfield University, 2020-12-07)

  The computational demands of modelling large numbers of coupled electrons and ions have long been considered insurmountable, despite advances and refinements in density functional theory (DFT) calculations. However, a ...
• Breast cancer at the micrometre scale 

  Gosling, Sarah (Cranfield University, 2020-11-27)

  Microcalcifications are deposits of calcium phosphate commonly found in association with some types of breast cancer. Calcifications are usually detected as bright white spots on a mammogram. Diagnosis of some breast ...
• Defence and Security Doctoral Symposium Flyer 2020 

  Cranfield University (Cranfield University, 2020-07-24)

  Flyer promoting the Defence and Security Doctoral Symposium 2020.
• When Multipetawatt Lasers Strike! The Physics and Applications of Laser Beams Hitting Solids 

  Morris, Stuart (Cranfield University, 2020-12-07)

  When we talk about extremely powerful lasers, it's easy to conjure up images of spies strapped to tables, Sci-Fi guns and planet destroyers, but facts are often stranger than fiction. Modern lasers on the intensity frontier ...
• Capturing blast impact on helmets 

  Bloodworth-Race, Susie (Cranfield University, 2020-11-27)

  When shielded from the fireball and fragmentation of an explosion, the blastwave can still cause multiple injuries, with increasing prevalence of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) noticed amongst survivors. Relatively low peak ...
• Reflections and Their Real Space Significance 

  Arnold, Emily (Cranfield University, 2020-11-27)

  Bone is a complex composite material made up of three main components, the most abundant of which is the mineral hydroxyapatite. Within many species, hydroxyapatite naturally occurs as a nanocrystalline material, making ...
• Structure of an Insensitive High Explosive formulation under a microscope 

  Gutierrez Carazo, Encina (Cranfield University, 2020-11-27)

  IMX-104 is an Insensitive High Explosive containing a mixture of 3-Nitro-1,2,4-triazol-5-one (NTO), 2,4- dinitroanisole (DNAN) and cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX). Due to its novelty, little is known about its potential ...
• Board Games as a Behavioural Collection Method 

  Sidorenko, Tatjana (Cranfield University, 2020-11-27)

  Traditionally, games have been viewed as a form of entertainment. Yet, given how engaging games can be their effects can be beneficial in many domains. This paper explores the use of games as a methodology of exploring the ...
• The Utility of Gait in Forensic Human Identification: An Empirical Investigation Using Biomechanical and Anthropological Principals 

  Macoveciuc, Ioana (Cranfield University, 2020-11-27)

  Forensic gait analysis is generally defined as the analysis of walking features of individuals from video footage, to assist in criminal investigations. Although an attractive approach to detecting suspects since data can ...
• Efficient Space-Time Finite Elements for Thermo-Mechanical Problems 

  Quaine, Kieran (Cranfield University, 2020-11-27)

  This talk discusses efficient and reliable Finite Element Methods to simulate the thermo-mechanical response of high explosives. A key motivation is the modelling of the initiation of shear bands in materials such as HMX. ...
• Dissolution Rates of Chemical Components of an Insensitive High Explosive Formulation 

  Gutierrez Carazo, Encina (Cranfield University, 2020-11-27)

  The need of insensitive munition has driven the replacement of traditional explosives by Insensitive High Explosives (IHE), less sensitive to external stimuli. This new generation contains compounds such as 2,4-dinitroanisole ...
• Critical Incident Decision-Making: A systematic review of the barriers, processes and frameworks 

  May, Brandon (Cranfield University, 2020-11-27)

  Critical incidents are environments that can be characterised by complexity, high-stakes, ambiguity, time-urgency and uncertainty, and often involve a multi-agency response (e.g. Fire and Rescue, Police, and the Military); ...
• Assessing the suitability of highly filled energetic composites for additive manufacture 

  O'Donnell, Michael (Cranfield University, 2020-11-27)

  There is currently significant interest in the development of additive manufacturing (AM) techniques suitable for various energetic materials, such as explosives and propellants. One potential approach in this application ...
• Temperature Dependent Toxin Expression in Bacillus Cereus G9241, the Causative Agent of Anthrax like Illness 

  Manoharan, Shathviga (Cranfield University, 2020-11-27)

  Bacillus cereus G9241, a member of the Bacillus cereus sensu lato complex, was isolated from a Louisiana welder with a pulmonary anthrax-like illness and is closely related to B. anthracis. Most members of the B. cereus ...
• Development of a Smart Sniffer Device for the Detection of Illicit Drugs, Homemade Explosives, and their Precursor Chemicals 

  Hardy, Iona (Cranfield University, 2020-11-30)

  The controlled drug market in the UK alone is worth £9.4 billion a year (£19 billion a year cost to society) and is used to finance other crimes, including terrorism with enormous social-economical costs. The threat continues ...

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