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XIII Khariton’s Topical Scientific Readings "Extreme States Of Substance. Detonation. Shock Waves" will be held on 14–18 March, 2011, Sarov, Russia

Russian Federal Nuclear Center - The All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics (RFNC - VNIIEF) - is a Federal State Unitary Enterprise (FSUE) of the State Atomic Energy Corporation “Rosatom”. The Institute was founded in 1946 to implement the Soviet Atomic Project. The first Soviet atomic and H-bombs were developed here.

Today, FSUE RFNC - VNIIEF is the largest research and development institution in Russia that successfully handles defense, science and national economy problems. Safety and reliability of the Russian nuclear stockpile was and remains to be the RFNC - VNIIEF's primary mission.

There are several institutes within the RFNC - VNIIEF: Institute of Theoretical and Computational Physics, Institute of Experimental Gas Dynamics and Detonation Physics, Institute of Nuclear and Radiation Physics, Research Institute of Laser Physics, Research Center of High Energy Density and Beam Physics, with Design Bureaus and other programmatic divisions as well - all directed by the general scientific and administrative management.


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Scientific events

Khariton Scientific Readings - International Conference. The Readings, held annually, starting from 1999, are the tribute to the memory of an outstanding scientist Yuly Borisovitch Khariton, who used to be the unchallenged leader of RFNC-VNIIEF, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, thrice the Hero of Socialist Labor, laureate of Lenin and Stalin State Awards, the honorary freeman of Sarov city. The first topical Readings, arranged in 1999, addressed the field "Supercomputing and mathematical simulations".
The XIII Khariton’s Topical Scientific Readings "Extreme States Of Substance. Detonation. Shock Waves" will be held on 14–18 March, 2011.









The Readings, held annually, starting from 1999, are the tribute to the memory of an outstanding scientist Yuly Borisovitch Khariton, who used to be the unchallenged leader of RFNC-VNIIEF, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, thrice the Hero of Socialist Labor, laureate of Lenin and Stalin State Awards, the honorary freeman of Sarov city. The first topical Readings, arranged in 1999, addressed the field Supercomputing and mathematical simulations.

The promoters of the Conference:

Federal State Unitary Enterprise the Russian Federal Nuclear Center - All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics
State Corporation for Atomic Energy of Russian Federation "ROSATOM".
The XIII Khariton’s Topical Scientific Readings "Extreme States Of Substance. Detonation. Shock Waves" will be held on 14–18 March, 2011, Sarov, Russia.

Topics of the Conference continue topics of the III, V, VII, IX, XI Khariton's Readings named ”Extreme states of substance. Detonation. Shock waves”. (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009). The Conference subject was among the favorite scientific interests of Yuly B. Khariton. It is still one of the foundation stones of the VNIIEF scientific school.

Conference Topics

Energetic materials and physics of detonation
Equations of state and phase transitions
Dynamic strength of materials
High-velocity launching and impacts.Cumulation phenomena Hydrodynamic instabilities
Test techniques
Explosive technologies


Conference Chairman
R. I. Il’kaev - Academician of RAS. Scientific director of FSUE RFNC-VNIIEF

Conference Vice-Chairmen
A. L. Mikhaylov - Director of Institute of Experimental Gasdynamics and Physics of Explosion of FSUE RFNC-VNIIEF

Program Committee
A. L. Mikhaylov – Chairman
V. A. Raevsky
O. V. Svirsky
M. V. Zhernokletov
O. B. Drennov
Yu. V. Yanilkin V. M. Bel’sky
B. A. Nadykto
V. A. Ogorodnikov
I. R. Trunin
V. N. German

Conference Executive Secretary - Tat’yana S. Palenova

Deadline for submitting Registration Forms
November 01, 2010
Deadline for submitting abstracts
December 01, 2010

REGISTRATION FORM INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE “XIII KHARITON'S TOPICAL SCIENTIFIC READINGS”

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Abstract should include:
paper title, name of author(s), and total address of affiliation
Send, please, your Registration Forms and abstracts in English to the following E-mail address: root@gdd.vniief.ru

Stay costs 1200$. It covers accommodation, meals, rent of rooms, banquet, Conference Proceedings, transport services for Conference, and social events.

Participants and guests of the Conference will have opportunity to visit House-Museum of Yuly B. Khariton, VNIIEF Museum of Nuclear Weapon.
The Conference participants will have opportunity to visit places, where Serafim Sarovsky lived. Besides, Organizing Committee prepared tours to Serafimo-Diveevsky Convent.
The VNIIEF House of Scientists will also welcome the Conference participants with interesting program of social events.

Inquires:
For further information, contact, please:
Tat’yana S. Palenova
607190, Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod region
37 Mira Ave., FSUE RFNC-VNIIEF
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RUSSIAN FEDERAL NUCLEAR CENTER
All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics
FSUE RFNC - VNIIEF
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Supplies and Sales Administration (SSA)
Tarasov Sergey Vladimirovich - RFNC-VNIIEF Deputy Director for Sales and Supplies, Head of SSA
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Solar Energy

"Our Solar System"

Solar energy is the primary source of power for today’s NASA missions. New solar technologies can improve space-based energy systems for human and robotic spacecraft missions. NASA solar technologies demand that deployed solar energy systems be as efficient and as lightweight as possible. Researchers at NASA Ames are pushing the limits of solar energy efficiency and weight by creating new materials that enhance solar energy system performance. Our technologies for space-based applications also provide Earth-based benefits, helping to drive down the cost of solar energy with more efficient systems.

Wind Energy

Aeronautics research, including the aerodynamics of air flow over turbines, is one of the signature areas of research for NASA Ames. NASA Ames maintains several different wind tunnels of varying sizes used to predict the performance of new prototype designs of rotocraft and other equipment where aerodynamics is a critical component. With deep skills in modeling and design, our researchers can apply their expertise and facilities to wind power applications to create more efficient wind power systems.

Wind Tunnels
Rotorcraft Acoustics/Aeroacoustics
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Fluid Mechanics

Bioengineering techniques

What are the applications of Bioengineering techniques?
A number of techniques have been used for various types of applications. The diagrams here illustrate some examples, and the applications are summarized in the table below



The Cellulosic Biofuels Team is focused on bioengineering techniques that can improve the efficiency of digestion enzymes, investigating lipid extraction and analyses, and rosettazymes research to improve the cellulose-to-glucose-to-fuels process. The team issued a press release on July 31, 2009 describing their current research.

Algal Biofuel

The Algal Biofuels Team is centered around expertise in algal strain selection, growth, characterization, and monitoring, including photobioreactor research and development, microsatellites with algae in space, algae from extreme environments, and algae communities research.

Biofuels

Biofuels may provide a means to generate and store energy for NASA’s long-term human habitation and exploration missions. NASA Ames is conducting research on biofuels from both algae and waste biomass. Algae can be grown as a crop that is very high in oil content; waste biomass is envisioned as a elegant means of extracting energy from waste materials. Biofuels also benefit us here on Earth as a transportation fuel that reduces our dependence on foreign oil and mitigates the generation of greenhouse gas emissions.

Clean Energy

Researchers at NASA Ames are conducting cutting-edge research in the development of clean energy technologies for NASA mission needs in the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate and the Science Mission Directorate. Our renewable energy focus is on advancing biofuels, solar, and wind technologies that also help reduce our nation’s dependence on petroleum-based fuels. By advancing clean energy technologies, NASA Ames hopes to help our nation reduce its generation of greenhouse gases and create a sustainable future here on Earth.

View online video archives of the Council on Competitiveness Western Energy Summit, courtesy of Clean Skies TV. The event was held at NASA Ames Research Center on July 30, 2009. Here's the press release.

Global Connection Project

Produced in 2007, this video explores how a team of researchers from NASA Ames Research Center partnered with Carnegie Mellon University, Google Inc. and the National Geographic Society to create several exciting software products, including the Global Connection Project and Gigapan. For more information about the Global Connection Project, please visit: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~globalconn

Trace Spaceback to you?

Spinoff is NASA's annual premier publication featuring successfully commercialized NASA technology. For more than 40 years, the NASA Innovative Partnerships Program has facilitated the transfer of NASA technology to the private sector, benefiting global competition and the economy.

NASA @ Home and City - Learn more at this interactive website, which includes green-related spinoffs.




"How ever wondered how space exploration impacts your daily life ?." Pick a starting point to see how space traces back to you.

NASA @ Home and NASACity

Computer Model Locates Environmental Hazards - Issue : 2008, Category: Environment and Resource Management

Computer Model Locates Environmental Hazards


Issue: 2008
Category: Environment and Resource Management
Page: 112
Center: Ames Research Center
State: CA Manufacturer: Endpoint Environmental LLC
Origin: LANDsat, satellite images



Abstract:

Catherine Huybrechts Burton founded San Francisco-based Endpoint Environmental (2E) LLC in 2005 while she was a student intern and project manager at Ames Research Center with NASA's DEVELOP program. The 2E team created the Tire Identification from Reflectance model, which algorithmically processes satellite images using turnkey technology to retain only the darkest parts of an image. This model allows 2E to locate piles of rubber tires, which often are stockpiled illegally and cause hazardous environmental conditions and fires.

Sensor Network Provides Environmental Data , Issue : 2007 - Category : Environment and Resource Management

Sensor Network Provides Environmental Data


Issue: 2007
Category: Environment and Resource Management
Page: 82
Center: Ames Research Center
State: HI
Manufacturer: Intelesense Technologies
Origin: Lifeguard

The National Biocomputation Center, a joint partnership between the Stanford University School of Medicine's Department of Surgery and NASA's Ames Research Center, is the test bed for much of NASA's research in telemedicine, the remote delivery of medical care.

In early 2005, researchers at the National Biocomputation Center formed a spinoff company, Intelesense Technologies, to use the telemedicine sensors to provide integrated global monitoring systems. Intelesense uses the systems to better understand how environments and people are linked, monitor and protect natural resources, predict and adapt to environmental changes, provide for sustainable development, reduce the costs and impacts of natural disasters, and provide an effective and intelligent response to such disasters. Current projects range from protecting the environment to tracking emerging infectious diseases like avian influenza (bird flu) and helping people from around the world connect and interact with each other to better understand their environment and themselves.

Comprehensive Software Eases Aircraft Traffic Management , Issue : 2007, Category: Transportation

Comprehensive Software Eases Aircraft Traffic Management


Issue: 2007
Category: Transportation
Page: 44
Center: Ames Research Center
State: VA
Manufacturer: Flight Explorer Inc.
Origin: FACET

Abstract:

To help air traffic control centers improve the safety and the efficiency of the National Airspace System, Ames Research Center developed the Future Air Traffic Management Concepts Evaluation Tool (FACET) software, which won NASA's 2006 "Software of the Year" competition. In 2005, Ames licensed FACET to Flight Explorer Inc., for integration into its Flight Explorer (version 6.0) software. The primary FACET features incorporated in the Flight Explorer software system alert airspace users to forecasted demand and capacity imbalances. Advance access to this information helps dispatchers anticipate congested sectors (airspace) and delays at airports, and decide if they need to reroute flights. FACET is now a fully integrated feature in the Flight Explorer Professional Edition (version 7.0).

Flight Explorer Professional offers end-users other benefits, including ease of operation; automatic alerts to inform users of important events such as weather conditions and potential airport delays; and international, real-time flight coverage over Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and sections of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.Flight Explorer Inc. recently broadened coverage by partnering with Honeywell International Inc.'s Global Data Center Blue Sky Network, Sky Connect LLC, SITA, ARINC Incorporated, Latitude Technologies Corporation, and Wingspeed Corporation, to track their aircraft anywhere in the world.

Archives : From Planetary Imaging to Enzyme Screening , Issues : 2006 , Category: Health and Medicine

From Planetary Imaging to Enzyme Screening


Issue: 2006
Category: Health and Medicine
Page: 16
Center: Ames Research Center
State: CA Manufacturer: KAIROS Scientific, Inc.
Origin: NASA's Space Biology Program and Small Business Innovation Research Program


Abstract:

To work in NASA's Mission Control Center and share in the excitement of seeing the very first close-up images of Saturn being piped back to Earth (from the Pioneer 11 spacecraft in 1979) is not a sensation that most high school students get to experience. However, as part of an internship in NASA's Space Biology Program, Mary M. Yang had the opportunity to do just that. This rewarding experience of working with NASA turned out to be the first of several for Yang, who, as a young student, was fascinated with planetary imaging and remote sensing observations.

Following high school, she worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, developing sensors for NASA, and attended the University of California, Berkeley. Yang then went on to pursue a doctorate in geology at Princeton University, where her thesis covered spectroscopy and data analysis of minerals and solutions-themes she also encountered in her work for NASA. After completing her doctorate, Yang joined the research laboratory of Douglas Youvan, then a chemistry professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Youvan and Yang developed prototype imaging spectrophotometers that enabled them to acquire spectra directly from bacterial colonies growing on the surface of a Petri plate. This type of imaging instrument analyzes a combination of spatial and spectral information so that spectra can be obtained for each feature in an image. Analyses of this kind were initially applied by NASA to rather large scenes, such as planetary and remote sensing studies. In 1991, Yang and Youvan founded KAIROS (now KAIROS Scientific, Inc.) to extend Yang's NASA "know-how," plus the imaging spectrophotometers initially developed for laboratory-based photosynthesis studies, to the fields of materials science, health, and biotechnology.

Today, KAIROS Scientific develops molecular biology methods, instrumentation, and computer algorithms to create solutions for a host of clients that includes multinational specialty chemical companies, large pharmaceutical firms, and academic laboratories.

ARCHIVE : Preventing Ice Before it Forms, Issues 2006,

Preventing Ice Before it Forms


Issue: 2006
Category: Consumer/Home/Recreation
Page: 46
Center: Ames Research Center
State: CA
Manufacturer: WorldSource, Inc.
Origin: Commercial Aircraft Safety Initiatives


Abstract:
A team of engineers at Ames Research Center invented an environmentally friendly anti-icing fluid to keep hazardous ice from building up on airplane wings. The typical approach to clearing off the ice is to use a deicing solution once the ice has built up.

The fluid created by the Ames team, though, when applied to a dry surface, prevents the ice from even forming a surface bond, which saves deicing time and money, while also preventing excessive use of chemical solvents rivers, or bodies of water that support life. WorldSource, Inc., of Palm Desert, California, a developer and distributor of products for the consumer marketplace, is marketing the fluid as Ice Free, a spray for automobile windshields that can provide protection down to 20 ?F.

Water and Air Measures That Make 'PureSense' , Issue: 2005, Category: Environment and Resource Management

Water and Air Measures That Make 'PureSense'


Issue: 2005
Category: Environment and Resource Management
Page: 68-71
Center: Ames Research Center
State: CA Manufacturer: PureSense Environmental, Inc.
Origin: NASA Data-mining Algorithms


Abstract:

In the spring of 2002, NASA and several of the eventual founders of PureSense sponsored a series of work sessions for emergency response and water system agencies, with representation from a wide variety of Federal, state, local, and first-response officials. The sessions focused on understanding how to deal more effectively with bioterrorist attacks. The would-be founders of PureSense brought experience in building and using multi-disciplinary applications of real-time intelligence systems and communications technology; these were integrated into a proof-of-concept hardware and software system application to support collaborative surveillance, detection, response, and recovery. The system demonstrated several of NASA's remote-sensing, advanced data-analysis, simulation, and scientific data-visualization technologies and repurposed them alongside other technologies and applications to facilitate cohesive, rapid decision-making across the agencies. These experiences ultimately led to the launch of the PureSense company. Today, PureSense is providing customers in the commercial and municipal markets with a cost-effective online service to detect, know, and respond immediately to critical changes in the quality of water and air, and to do so in real time. Early endorsements for the PureSense system have been received from some of the Nation's largest water companies, including the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the second-largest municipal water company in the United States.

ARCHIVES : A Coating That Cools and Cuts Costs , Issue : 2004,

A Coating That Cools and Cuts Costs


Issue: 2004
Category: Industrial Productivity/Manufacturing Technology
Page: 95-96
Center: Ames Research Center
State: VA Manufacturer: Wessex Incorporated
Origin: NASA Protective Coating for Ceramic Materials


To enable low-cost space access for advanced exploration vehicles, Ames Research Center invented and patented a protective coating for ceramic materials (PCCM) in 1994. Wessex received a license for PCCM in 1996 and initially applied it to building materials for firewall applications. Through further testing and experimentation, however, the company would eventually come to learn the true potential of PCCM, leading to longer-lasting materials, greater energy conservation and fuel efficiency, increased productivity, and significantly reduced operating costs for numerous U.S. businesses.


Known commercially as Emisshield,T Wessex's PCCM product mirrors NASA's original protective coating in that it provides increased "hemispherical" emissivity-the ability to absorb energy and reradiate it to a cooler surface, body, or atmosphere. Like PCCM, Emisshield can be reused and repeatedly cycled between severe extremes of subzero temperatures and temperatures over 3,000 ?F, without ever damaging the protective coating or the underlying material. With each use, the coating's molecular structure is rearranged to create a stronger bond between the coating and the underlying material, and an even greater level of thermal protection. Wessex has embraced a high rate of success with Emisshield beyond its initial fireproofing accomplishments.

ARCHIVES : Mapping a Better Vintage , Issue: 2003, Category: Environment and Resource Management

Mapping a Better Vintage


Issue: 2003
Category: Environment and Resource Management
Page: 44-45
Center: Ames Research Center
State: CA
Manufacturer: VESTRA Resources, Inc.
Origin: Vintage Project



Abstract:

NASA's Earth Science Enterprise partnered with the U.S. wine and commercial remote sensing industries for a project known as the Viticultural Integration of NASA Technologies for Assessment of the Grapevine Environment (VINTAGE). Based on VINTAGE's applied research, VESTRA Resources, Inc., released the Vineyard Block Uniformity Map. VESTRA employed the ArcViewT 8.2 and ArcGIST Spatial Analyst software from Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., to find the percent coefficient of variation (a standard statistical measure) for each block within a 1,000 acre vineyard based on NDVI. The result was a vineyard-level map quantifying block variability, a helpful tool for crop managers. VESTRA's map product has been delivered to several wineries. The maps can serve as an executive summary, allowing managers at companies with large and widespread vineyard holdings to easily identify blocks where new or revised management practices might need to be implemented. Providing a warning, the maps can indicate if a block shows variation over a certain percent. ArcViewT and ArcGIST are trademarks of Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.

ARCHIVES : Building Safer Systems With SpecTRM , Issue : 2003 , Category: Computer Technology

Building Safer Systems With SpecTRM


Issue: 2003 Category: Computer Technology
Page: 72
Center: Ames Research Center
State: WA Manufacturer: Safeware Engineering Corporation
Origin: Space Station Rendezvous and Docking



Abstract:

The Specification Tools and Requirements Methodology (SpecTRM) product helps system and software engineers develop specifications for large, complex safety-critical systems. SpecTRM enables engineers to find errors early in development so that they can be fixed with the lowest cost and impact on the system design. It also traces both the requirements and design rationale (including safety constraints) throughout the system design and documentation, allowing engineers to build required system properties into the design from the beginning.

SpecTRM provides support for manual inspection, formal analysis, simulation, and testing, while facilitating communication and the coordinated design of components and interfaces. Based on proven research methods in flight management systems, air traffic control systems, and the Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System, the product benefits the aerospace and transportation industries. SpecTRM can also be applied to designs for automotive systems, defense systems, and medical devices.