This report discusses improved CTH hydrocode modelling of ejecta (soil, sand etc) from detonation of buried explosive devices using two phase material model.

This report presents examples of components from ADF aircraft that exhibited surface pitting which formed during the anodising pre-treatment process. In three of the examples, fatigue cracking had initiated from the surface pits leading to failure of the components.

Arbovirus is used to describe viruses transmitted via blood-feeding arthropods, such as mosquitoes, biting midges and ticks. This report focuses on characterisation of two unknown rhabdoviruses and describes a new method to prepare the virus samples for next-generation sequencing analysis.

This report examines the research conducted on 7050-T7451 and how corrosion pitting could influence the fatigue life of components in RAAF aircraft manufactured from this alloy. The report shows that corrosion pitting causes not only a reduction in time to failure at a certain stress but also up to a 50% reduction in the fatigue threshold.

The development of a Proton quantitative Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (qHNMR) Spectroscopy method for determining the purity of chemical warfare agents (CWAs) using homogeneous internal standards.

This report describes the development of a Thermal Wave Interferometry (TWI) system for the characterisation of film thickness. The system was shown to resolve variations in paint thickness of less than 1.5 μm

This investigation was to understand the chemical composition of the seeds of the castor bean plant Ricinus communis, and to ascertain if these differences could be used for provenance classification.

The Velocity Interferometer System for Any Reflector (VISAR) is a system for recording the shock response of condensed materials. This reports on preliminary tests using the recently commissioned DSTO VISAR system, providing an assessment of the experimental set-up and accuracy of the system installation.

This overseas visit report provides an overview of ICCRTS 2011. Including the three primary research areas that emerged from the conference of agility and what that means for organisational structures; the concept of "Harmony of Purpose" 1; and the need to develop better approaches to discovery of second and tertiary effects to decision making, operational analysis and nation building.

General guidelines for the interpretation of published data on probability of detection (POD) for nondestructive testing.