Robert Knepper

Sandia National Laboratories — United States

Engineering · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Energetic Materials and Combustion(68), Combustion and Detonation Processes(31), High-pressure geophysics and materials(17), Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research(12), Thermal and Kinetic Analysis(12)

Publications125 total

The Effects of Shockwave Pressures on Ultrafast Vibrational Energy Transfer in BNFF, a Hydrogen-Free Energetic Material
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters·2025· 1 cited
The Effects of Shockwave Pressures on Ultrafast Vibrational Energy Transfer in BNFF, a Hydrogen-Free Energetic Material
2025
Exploring interface dynamics in plastic bonded-explosives: synthesis, characterization, and neutron reflectometry
Journal of Energetic Materials·2025Open Access
Phase-field modeling of aging-induced microstructure evolution in pentaerythritol tetranitrate thin films and ramifications for shock initiation
Journal of Applied Physics·2025Open Access
Effects of Microstructure and Surface Roughness on Initiation Behavior in Vapor-Deposited Explosives
2024Open Access
Reactive Burn Model Calibration for Vapor Deposited Hexanitrostilbene and Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate Films Using XHVRB
2024Open Access
Effect of Accelerated Aging on Microstructure and Initiation of Vapor-Deposited PETN films
2024Open Access
A High-Throughput Platform for EFI Testing
2024Open Access
Detonation and initiation behavior in vapor-deposited BTF (benzotrifuroxan)
2024Open Access
Effect of Aging and Geometry on Detonation in a CL-20 Based Plastic Bonded Explosive Formulation
2024Open Access
Particle Distribution Measurement of Pyrotechnic Mixtures using High Resolution Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Energy Dispersive Spectroscopic (EDS) Imaging
2024Open Access
High Throughput Initiation Threshold Characterization of BNFF and RDX
2024Open Access
How Physical Vapor Deposition Can Enable Novel Diagnostics for Explosive Materials
2024Open Access
Impact of Intermolecular Interactions on Ultrafast Vibrational Energy Transfer in Energetic Materials
2024Open Access
Optical Digital Image Correlation for the Study of Thermal Cycling and Mechanical Fracture of Energetic Materials
2024
High throughput initiation threshold characterization of BNFF
AIP conference proceedings·2024Open Access
The effects of non-ideal 3D interfaces on detonation velocity and failure thickness in vapor-deposited explosive films
AIP conference proceedings·2024Open Access
Characterization of CL-20/PDMS explosive with the disk acceleration experiment (DAX)
AIP conference proceedings·2024Open Access
Mesoscale Reactive Burn Models of Shock Initiation in Vapor-Deposited PETN films
2023Open Access
Hydrocode Modeling of Detonation Failure in Vapor-Deposited Explosive Films with Explicit 3D Interfacial Roughness
2023Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Alexander S. Tappan(29), Michael P. Marquez(15), Ryan R. Wixom(13), Timothy P. Weihs(6), Krupa Ramasesha(6), Mitchell Wood(5), Mark A. Rodriguez(4), Jeffrey J Kay(4), Neil C. Cole-Filipiak(4), Eric Forrest(4), Kaitlynn Fisher(3), Shefford P. Baker(3), Sara C. Barron(3), Jill C. Miller(3), David E. Kittell(3), Stephen George Rupper(3), Joseph D. Olles(3), Cole Yarrington(3), David Damm(3), Brook Anton Jilek(3)