Overview

[Scope and aims] [Typical topics of interest] [Organizers & Committees]

Scope and aims

The eighth ESHP symposium in Kumamoto, Japan (2026) follows Maribor, Slovenia (2023) successfully finished as the seventh symposium. The symposium series have been organized in Kumamoto, Japan (2004, 2007), Seoul, Korea (2010), Okinawa, Japan (2013), Beijing, P.R. China (2016) and Pondicherry, India (2019) and return to Kumamoto again.
The aim of the triennial international ESHP symposium is to promote the dissemination of significant developments in theoretical, computational, and experimental research of explosion, shock wave and high-energy reaction phenomena and related research areas.

Typical topics of interest

Typical topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Chemistry of energetic and reactive materials.
Shock waves in condensed and gaseous matter.
Explosive cladding and other high-rate material processing technologies.
Dynamic behavior of materials at high strain rates.
Computational modelling and analysis of high velocity impact.
Experimental measurement and observation of high-rate phenomena.
Self-propagating high-temperature synthesis.
Other fundamentals and applications of high-energy reaction phenomena.

Organizers & Committees

Organized by:
　　　　　　　　 West Branch, Japan Explosives Society (Host organization)

Cooperatively organized with:
　　　　　　　　 Institute of Industrial Nanomaterials, Kumamoto University, Japan
　　　　　　　　 Research Center for Advances in Impact Engineering, Sojo University, Japan
　　　　　　　　 Technical Committee on Explosion & Impact Processing, Japan Explosives Society
　　　　　　　　 Committee on High-Energy-Rate Forming, Japan Society for Technology of Plasticity

Chaired by:　　 Shigeru Tanaka, Kumamoto University
　　　　　　　　 Katsumi Kato, Fukuoka University

Honorary Chair: Kazuyuki Hokamoto, Kumamoto University

International Scientific Committee
　　　　　　　　 under construction

Organizing Committee
　　　　　　　　 Shigeru Tanaka, Kumamoto University, Japan (Chair)
　　　　　　　　 Katsumi Kato, Fukuoka University, Japan （Co-chair)
　　　　　　　　 Masatoshi Nishi, National Institute of Technology, Kumamoto College, Japan (Secretary)
　　　　　　　　 Makoto Tokuda, Kumamoto University, Japan (Auditor)
　　　　　　　　 Hideki Hamashima, Kumamoto Industrial Research Institute, Japan
　　　　　　　　 Yoshikazu Higa, National College of Technology, Okinawa College, Japan
　　　　　　　　 Hirofumi Iyama, National Institute of Technology, Kumamoto College, Japan
　　　　　　　　 Shiro Kubota, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan
　　　　　　　　 Masatoshi Kuroda, Kumamoto University, Japan
　　　　　　　　 Akihisa Mori, Sojo University, Japan
　　　　　　　 　Masahiko Otsuka, Asahi-Kasei Corporation, Japan
　　　　　　　　 Ryuichi Tomoshige, Sojo University, Japan