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Charles L. Mader

January 01, 1970

Charles Lavern Mader (August 8, 1930 – August 18, 2018) was an American physical chemist known for his work in the fluid dynamics of explosives and water waves. He was a Laboratory Fellow of Los Alamos National Laboratory. He wrote several books on numerical modeling of explosives, propellants, and water waves, and he authored or co-authored over 160 technical papers.[1][2]

Charles L. Mader
Mader in August 2016
BornAugust 8, 1930
Dewey, Oklahoma
DiedAugust 18, 2018 (aged 88)
Los Alamos, New Mexico
NationalityAmerican
Alma materOklahoma A&M College
Pacific Western University
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry, Numerical Modeling, Explosives, and Tsunami Waves
InstitutionsLos Alamos National Laboratory
Mader Consulting Co.

Education and career edit

Charles L. Mader was a Banning Scholar at Oklahoma City University (1948-1951) and earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees in chemistry from Oklahoma A&M College (now known as Oklahoma State University–Stillwater) (1951-1954). His Master’s thesis was on quantitative measurements of the organic acids of sorghum syrup.

During his graduate studies at University of Kansas (1954-1955), he was a 1954 Summer graduate student at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (subsequently known as Los Alamos National Laboratory) in New Mexico. He joined Los Alamos as a Staff Member in the Explosive Division (GMX) (1955-1966) and continued in the Theoretical Division (1966-1986). He obtained his Ph.D. from Pacific Western University, Encino, CA (1980). After retirement from Los Alamos, he continued to research and publish.

Mader’s expertise has been drawn upon by many, including the Beijing Institute of Technology; the Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (JIMAR) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa; the Center for Explosives Technology Research (CETR) at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; the department of physics at University of New Mexico; the department of oceanography at the University of Hawaii; and the department of marine science at Hawaii Pacific University. He was named a distinguished scientist of the Energetics Research Institute (EnRI) at Nanyang Technology University, Singapore.[3]

Scientific contributions edit

Mader’s research involved the study of the physical chemistry of detonations, explosives, and propellants through laboratory experiments, atmospheric and underground testing, and numerical modeling. He used the numerical models that he developed to predict results that were then experimentally verified. His models also were used to reproduce results derived from previously acquired experimental data. Mader and J. Zinn developed numerical solutions for nonlinear heat conduction equations that agreed with experimental data (1960). Using the Los Alamos IBM-7030 STRETCH computer and the Becker-Kistiakowsky-Wilson equations of state, he developed computer models for the detonation properties of explosives (1963). Using the Los Alamos PHERMEX (Pulsed High-Energy Radiographic Machine Emitting X-rays),[4] he and colleagues extracted experimental data from flash radiographs of explosives and explosive-driven metal systems (1980), (1983).

His book "Numerical Modeling of Detonations" (1979) surveys two decades of numerical modeling of the detonation process for condensed explosives and describes the numerical methods and the reactive dynamics of these materials. His book "Numerical Modeling of Explosives and Propellants" (2007) became a standard text on the chemistry and fluid dynamics of chemical explosive devices.[5]

Mader applied his expertise in fluid dynamics to research in the numerical modeling of tsunamis (1974) and other water waves. Using the full Navier-Stokes AMR (adaptive mesh refinement) Eulerian compressible hydrodynamic computer code called SAGE (SAIC Adaptive Grid Eulerian), software developed by SAIC and Los Alamos, he modeled landslide tsunami hazards, such as the 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami (2002) and the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa (2006). His models are used to evaluate tsunami flooding and to determine which areas need to be evacuated.

His book "Numerical Modeling of Water Waves" (2004) is a "comprehensive treatise of the evolving science of computer modeling of waves."[6]

Personal life edit

Mader was an accomplished mountaineer and downhill skier. He was the 65th person to have climbed (1959) all 54 Colorado peaks above 14,000 feet. He and his wife Emma Jean skied sixty years and after marking his 80th birthday, he skied 1.5 million vertical feet.[7] He was devoted to the Boy Scouts of America, serving as Scoutmaster in Los Alamos (1972-1984) and mentoring 48 Scouts to earn their Eagle rank.[8][9] He was a 3 Bead Woodbadger and was awarded the Silver Beaver (1984). He was a District Commissioner in the Aloha Council of the Boy Scouts.

Publications edit

Books edit

  • Mader, C. L. (1979). Numerical Modeling of Detonations. Los Alamos Series in Basic and Applied Sciences, Berkeley: University of California Press. Bibcode:1979nmd..book.....M. Russian translation (1985), MIR Publishers.
  • Mader, C. L.; Neal, T. R.; Dick, R. D. (1980). LASL Phermex Data, Volume I. University of California Press.
  • Mader, C. L. (1980). LASL Phermex Data, Volume II. University of California Press.
  • Mader, C. L. (1980). LASL Phermex Data, Volume III. University of California Press.
  • Mader, C. L.; Johnson, J. N.; Crane, S. L. (1983). Los Alamos Explosives Performance Data. University of California Press.
  • Mader, C. L. (2004). Numerical Modeling of Water Waves. CRC Press.
  • Mader, C. L. (2007). Numerical Modeling of Explosives and Propellants. CRC Press.

Book chapters edit

  • Mader, C. L. (1970). "Numerical Calculations of Explosive Phenomena", a chapter in Computers and Their Role in the Physical Sciences, edited by A. Taub and S. Fernbach. Gordon and Breach Science Publishers. pp. 385–404.
  • Mader, C. L. (1990). "Chapter 10. Introduction to Energetic Materials", a chapter in High Velocity Impact Dynamics, edited by J. A. Zukas. Wiley-Interscience.
  • Mader, C. L. (1990). "Chapter 13. Numerical Modeling of Impact Involving Energetic Materials", a chapter in High Velocity Impact Dynamics, edited by J. A. Zukas. Wiley-Interscience.
  • Mader, C. L. (1996). "Chapter 3. Detonation Performance", a chapter in Organic Energetic Compounds, edited by P. L. Marinkas. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. pp. 165–247.
  • Mader, C. L. (2001). "Tsunamis", a chapter in Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change, edited by T. Munn. John Wiley and Sons.
  • Mader, C. L. (2009). "Chapter 23. Numerical Modeling of Crater Formation by Meteorite Impact And Nuclear Explosion", a chapter in Predictive Modeling of Dynamic Process, Festschrift for Dr. Klaus Thoma, edited by S. Hiermaier. Springer. pp. 447–457.

Cited articles edit

  • Mader, C. L.; Zinn, J. (1960). "Thermal initiation of explosives". Journal of Applied Physics. 31 (2): 323–328. Bibcode:1960JAP....31..323Z. doi:10.1063/1.1735565.
  • Mader, C. L. (1963). "Detonation properties of condensed explosives computed using the Becker-Kistiakowsky-Wilson equation of state" (PDF). Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Technical Report LA-2900.
  • Mader, C. L. (1974). "Numerical simulation of tsunamis". Journal of Physical Oceanography. 4 (1): 74–82. Bibcode:1974JPO.....4...74M. doi:10.1175/1520-0485(1974)004<0074:NSOT>2.0.CO;2.
  • Mader, C. L.; Gittings, M. L. (2002). "Modeling the 1958 Lituya Bay mega-tsunami, II". Science of Tsunami Hazards. 20 (5): 241–250.
  • Mader, C. L.; Gittings, M. L. (2006). "Numerical model for the Krakatoa hydrovolcanic explosion and tsunami". Science of Tsunami Hazards. 24 (3): 174–182.

Honors and awards edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Google Scholar - Charles L. Mader". Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  2. ^ "Charles Lavern Mader (1930 - 2018)". Los Alamos Monitor. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  3. ^ "EnRI Distinguished Scientists". Nanyang Technology University. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  4. ^ Venable, D. (1964). "PHERMEX". Physics Today. 17 (12): 19–22. Bibcode:1964PhT....17l..19V. doi:10.1063/1.3051266.
  5. ^ "The Ultimate Text Regarding Explosives". CRC Press. 2000-04-19. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  6. ^ Carayannis, Dr. George (2004-08-22). "Outstanding work of scholarship and a valuable reference". Amazon. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  7. ^ "Chuck Mader - Los Alamos Mountaineers". Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  8. ^ "BSA Troop 122". Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  9. ^ "Eagle Scouts of Troop 122". Great Southwest Council, Northern New Mexico District, Los Alamos, NM. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  10. ^ "Los Alamos National Laboratory - Laboratory Fellows from 1981 to the present". LANL. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
  11. ^ . Tsunami Society. Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2016-08-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

External links edit

  • Mader Consulting Co.
  • Mader Cloud Files
  • Numerical Modeling of Water Waves and Tsunamis Lectures
  • Numerical Modeling of Explosives Lectures

January 01, 1970
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Charles Lavern Mader August 8 1930 August 18 2018 was an American physical chemist known for his work in the fluid dynamics of explosives and water waves He was a Laboratory Fellow of Los Alamos National Laboratory He wrote several books on numerical modeling of explosives propellants and water waves and he authored or co authored over 160 technical papers 1 2 Charles L MaderMader in August 2016BornAugust 8 1930Dewey OklahomaDiedAugust 18 2018 aged 88 Los Alamos New MexicoNationalityAmericanAlma materOklahoma A amp M College Pacific Western UniversityScientific careerFieldsChemistry Numerical Modeling Explosives and Tsunami WavesInstitutionsLos Alamos National Laboratory Mader Consulting Co Contents 1 Education and career 2 Scientific contributions 3 Personal life 4 Publications 4 1 Books 4 2 Book chapters 4 3 Cited articles 5 Honors and awards 6 References 7 External linksEducation and career editCharles L Mader was a Banning Scholar at Oklahoma City University 1948 1951 and earned his B S and M S degrees in chemistry from Oklahoma A amp M College now known as Oklahoma State University Stillwater 1951 1954 His Master s thesis was on quantitative measurements of the organic acids of sorghum syrup During his graduate studies at University of Kansas 1954 1955 he was a 1954 Summer graduate student at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory subsequently known as Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico He joined Los Alamos as a Staff Member in the Explosive Division GMX 1955 1966 and continued in the Theoretical Division 1966 1986 He obtained his Ph D from Pacific Western University Encino CA 1980 After retirement from Los Alamos he continued to research and publish Mader s expertise has been drawn upon by many including the Beijing Institute of Technology the Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research JIMAR at the University of Hawaii at Manoa the Center for Explosives Technology Research CETR at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology the department of physics at University of New Mexico the department of oceanography at the University of Hawaii and the department of marine science at Hawaii Pacific University He was named a distinguished scientist of the Energetics Research Institute EnRI at Nanyang Technology University Singapore 3 Scientific contributions editMader s research involved the study of the physical chemistry of detonations explosives and propellants through laboratory experiments atmospheric and underground testing and numerical modeling He used the numerical models that he developed to predict results that were then experimentally verified His models also were used to reproduce results derived from previously acquired experimental data Mader and J Zinn developed numerical solutions for nonlinear heat conduction equations that agreed with experimental data 1960 Using the Los Alamos IBM 7030 STRETCH computer and the Becker Kistiakowsky Wilson equations of state he developed computer models for the detonation properties of explosives 1963 Using the Los Alamos PHERMEX Pulsed High Energy Radiographic Machine Emitting X rays 4 he and colleagues extracted experimental data from flash radiographs of explosives and explosive driven metal systems 1980 1983 His book Numerical Modeling of Detonations 1979 surveys two decades of numerical modeling of the detonation process for condensed explosives and describes the numerical methods and the reactive dynamics of these materials His book Numerical Modeling of Explosives and Propellants 2007 became a standard text on the chemistry and fluid dynamics of chemical explosive devices 5 Mader applied his expertise in fluid dynamics to research in the numerical modeling of tsunamis 1974 and other water waves Using the full Navier Stokes AMR adaptive mesh refinement Eulerian compressible hydrodynamic computer code called SAGE SAIC Adaptive Grid Eulerian software developed by SAIC and Los Alamos he modeled landslide tsunami hazards such as the 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami 2002 and the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa 2006 His models are used to evaluate tsunami flooding and to determine which areas need to be evacuated His book Numerical Modeling of Water Waves 2004 is a comprehensive treatise of the evolving science of computer modeling of waves 6 Personal life editMader was an accomplished mountaineer and downhill skier He was the 65th person to have climbed 1959 all 54 Colorado peaks above 14 000 feet He and his wife Emma Jean skied sixty years and after marking his 80th birthday he skied 1 5 million vertical feet 7 He was devoted to the Boy Scouts of America serving as Scoutmaster in Los Alamos 1972 1984 and mentoring 48 Scouts to earn their Eagle rank 8 9 He was a 3 Bead Woodbadger and was awarded the Silver Beaver 1984 He was a District Commissioner in the Aloha Council of the Boy Scouts Publications editBooks edit Mader C L 1979 Numerical Modeling of Detonations Los Alamos Series in Basic and Applied Sciences Berkeley University of California Press Bibcode 1979nmd book M Russian translation 1985 MIR Publishers Mader C L Neal T R Dick R D 1980 LASL Phermex Data Volume I University of California Press Mader C L 1980 LASL Phermex Data Volume II University of California Press Mader C L 1980 LASL Phermex Data Volume III University of California Press Mader C L Johnson J N Crane S L 1983 Los Alamos Explosives Performance Data University of California Press Mader C L 2004 Numerical Modeling of Water Waves CRC Press Mader C L 2007 Numerical Modeling of Explosives and Propellants CRC Press Book chapters edit Mader C L 1970 Numerical Calculations of Explosive Phenomena a chapter in Computers and Their Role in the Physical Sciences edited by A Taub and S Fernbach Gordon and Breach Science Publishers pp 385 404 Mader C L 1990 Chapter 10 Introduction to Energetic Materials a chapter in High Velocity Impact Dynamics edited by J A Zukas Wiley Interscience Mader C L 1990 Chapter 13 Numerical Modeling of Impact Involving Energetic Materials a chapter in High Velocity Impact Dynamics edited by J A Zukas Wiley Interscience Mader C L 1996 Chapter 3 Detonation Performance a chapter in Organic Energetic Compounds edited by P L Marinkas Nova Science Publishers Inc pp 165 247 Mader C L 2001 Tsunamis a chapter in Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change edited by T Munn John Wiley and Sons Mader C L 2009 Chapter 23 Numerical Modeling of Crater Formation by Meteorite Impact And Nuclear Explosion a chapter in Predictive Modeling of Dynamic Process Festschrift for Dr Klaus Thoma edited by S Hiermaier Springer pp 447 457 Cited articles edit Mader C L Zinn J 1960 Thermal initiation of explosives Journal of Applied Physics 31 2 323 328 Bibcode 1960JAP 31 323Z doi 10 1063 1 1735565 Mader C L 1963 Detonation properties of condensed explosives computed using the Becker Kistiakowsky Wilson equation of state PDF Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Technical Report LA 2900 Mader C L 1974 Numerical simulation of tsunamis Journal of Physical Oceanography 4 1 74 82 Bibcode 1974JPO 4 74M doi 10 1175 1520 0485 1974 004 lt 0074 NSOT gt 2 0 CO 2 Mader C L Gittings M L 2002 Modeling the 1958 Lituya Bay mega tsunami II Science of Tsunami Hazards 20 5 241 250 Mader C L Gittings M L 2006 Numerical model for the Krakatoa hydrovolcanic explosion and tsunami Science of Tsunami Hazards 24 3 174 182 Honors and awards editLaboratory Fellow of Los Alamos National Laboratory 1982 10 Distinguished Performance Award Los Alamos National Laboratory 1980 Fellow of American Institute of Chemists 1983 Award for Contributions to Tsunami Science International Tsunami Society 2012 11 Sigma Xi 1954 References edit Google Scholar Charles L Mader Retrieved 2016 08 07 Charles Lavern Mader 1930 2018 Los Alamos Monitor Retrieved 13 August 2019 EnRI Distinguished Scientists Nanyang Technology University Retrieved 2016 08 07 Venable D 1964 PHERMEX Physics Today 17 12 19 22 Bibcode 1964PhT 17l 19V doi 10 1063 1 3051266 The Ultimate Text Regarding Explosives CRC Press 2000 04 19 Retrieved 2016 08 07 Carayannis Dr George 2004 08 22 Outstanding work of scholarship and a valuable reference Amazon Retrieved 2016 08 07 Chuck Mader Los Alamos Mountaineers Retrieved 2016 08 07 BSA Troop 122 Retrieved 2016 08 07 Eagle Scouts of Troop 122 Great Southwest Council Northern New Mexico District Los Alamos NM Retrieved 2016 08 07 Los Alamos National Laboratory Laboratory Fellows from 1981 to the present LANL Retrieved 2016 08 02 Tsunami Society International Awards Tsunami Society Archived from the original on 2016 03 13 Retrieved 2016 08 02 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link External links editMader Consulting Co Mader Cloud Files Numerical Modeling of Water Waves and Tsunamis Lectures Numerical Modeling of Explosives Lectures Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Charles L Mader amp oldid 1222482451, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, 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