Characterisation of the plasma filled rod pinch diode operation - James Macdonald et al, talk at Pulsed Power 2017
Generation of cylindrically convergent shockwaves in water on the MACH facility – Bland et al, invited talk Pulsed Power 2017
A portable X-pinch driver for hard X-ray radiography, diffraction and absorption measurements – Bland et al, poster Pulsed Power 2017
Generation of cylindrically convergent shockwaves in water on the MACH facility – Bland et al, talk at APS Shock Compression of Condensed Matter 2017, Dense Z-Pinch Conference 2017
A large bore multi-tesla Helmholtz magnet for HEDP experiments – Burdiak et al, talk at Euro-Asia Pulsed Power conference 2016
Initial compression Experiments on the MACH facility – Bland et al, poster at Euro-Asia Pulsed Power conference 2016
Initial isentropic compression experiments on the MACH facility – Bland et al, talk at APS Shock Compression of Condensed Matter 2015
A new pulsed power facility for isentropic compression experiments – Bland et al, talk at APS Shock Compression of Condensed Matter 2013
Recent publications
Refractive index and polarizability of polystyrene under shock compression, Zhang, X., Wang, G., Luo, B., Tan, F., Bland, S. N., Zhao, J., . . . Liu, C. (2018).. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE, 53(17), 12628-12640. doi:10.1007/s10853-018-2489-8
Quasi-isentropic compression using compressed water flow generated by underwater electrical explosion of a wire array, Gurovich, V., Virozub, A., Rososhek, A., Bland, S., Spielman, R. B., & Krasik, Y. E. (2018). Journal of Applied Physics, 123(18). doi:10.1063/1.5023165
Mechanical response of near-equiatomic NiTi alloy at dynamic high pressure and strain rate, Zhang, X., Wang, G., Luo, B., Bland, S. N., Tan, F., Zhao, F., . . . Liu, C. (2018). JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS, 731, 569-576. doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.10.080
Uniformity of cylindrical imploding underwater shockwaves at very small radii, Yanuka, D., Rososhek, A., Bland, S. N., & Krasik, Y. E. (2017). APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 111(21), 5 pages. doi:10.1063/1.5005174
Generation of highly symmetric, cylindrically convergent shockwaves in water, Bland, S. N., Krasik, Y. E., Yanuka, D., Gardner, R., MacDonald, J., Virozub, A., . . . Chaturvedi, N. (2017). PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, 24(8), 10 pages. doi:10.1063/1.4994328
Probing local and electronic structure in Warm Dense Matter: single pulse synchrotron x-ray absorption spectroscopy on shocked Fe, .Torchio, R., Occelli, F., Mathon, O., Sollier, A., Lescoute, E., Videau, L., . . . Loubeyre, P. (2016). SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 6, 8 pages. doi:10.1038/srep26402
A fibre based triature interferometer for measuring rapidly evolving, ablatively driven plasma densities, Macdonald, J., Bland, S. N., & Threadgold, J. (2015). REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, 86(8), 5 pages. doi:10.1063/1.4927231
Characteristics of a molybdenum X-pinch X-ray source as a probe source for X-ray diffraction studies, Zucchini, F., Bland, S. N., Chauvin, C., Combes, P., Sol, D., Loyen, A., . . . Grunenwald, J. (2015). REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, 86(3), 5 pages. doi:10.1063/1.4915496
Metal liner-driven quasi-isentropic compression of deuterium, Weinwurm, M., Bland, S. N., & Chittenden, J. P. (2013). PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, 20(9), 8 pages. doi:10.1063/1.4820805
VISAR 'cross-hairs': Simultaneous perpendicular line-imaging VISAR, Winters, J. B. R., Bland, S. N., Stafford, S. J. P., Chapman, D. J., & Eakins, D. E. (2014). 18TH APS-SCCM AND 24TH AIRAPT, PTS 1-19, 500, 6 pages. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/500/18/182044