Research interests
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• Detonations in both gas- and condensed-phase explosives
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• Performance measurements of energetic materials
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• Violent reactions in mechanically or thermally damaged high explosives
Selected Publications
S.I. Jackson, B.J. Lee, W. Huang, F. Pintgen, J. Karnesky, Z. Liang, and J.E. Shepherd. “Experimental Detonation Propagation Under High Loss Conditions.” (2009). 21st International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, Minsk, Belarus, July 27–July 31.
S.I. Jackson and L.G. Hill. “Runaway Reaction in Solid Explosive Containing a Single Crack due to Gas- Dynamic Choking.” In Proceedings of the 32nd International Symposium on Combustion, volume 32, pp. 2307–2313 (Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 2008).
L.G. Hill, J.S. Morris, and S.I. Jackson. “Peel-Off Case Failure in Thermal Explosions Observed by the Deflagration Cylinder Test.” In Proceedings of the 32nd International Symposium on Combustion, volume 32, pp. 2379–2386 (Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 2008).
W.C. Davis, T.R. Salyer, S.I. Jackson, and T.D. Aslam. “Explosive-Driven Shock Waves in Argon.” In Proceedings of the 13th International Detonation Symposium, Office of Naval Research, pp. 1035–1044 (2006).
E. Wintenberger, J. Austin, M. Cooper, S. Jackson, and J.E. Shepherd. “An Analytical Model for the Impulse of a Single-Cycle Pulse Detonation Engine.” Journal of Propulsion and Power 19, 22–38 (2003).
M. Cooper, S. Jackson, J. Austin, E. Wintenberger, and J.E. Shepherd. “Direct Experimental Impulse Measurements for Detonations and Deflagrations.” Journal of Propulsion and Power 18, 1033–1041 (2002).