Contact Sally Gaulter
- Email: s.e.gaulter@cranfield.ac.uk
- ORCID
Areas of expertise
- Advanced Casting Science and Technologies
- Composites
- Defence manufacturing
- Test and Evaluation
- Explosives and Munitions
Background
Sally graduated from University of Nottingham with BSc (hons) Chemistry in 1988.
Work History
RARDE/DRA/DERA/QinetiQ Fort Halstead (1989 - 2004)
PBX compositions using both novel and commercially available binder systems
Novel energetic binder systems
Developing highly filled castable PBX composition.
Particle Characterisation techniques.
Cranfield University (2004 - present.)
Development of Pressable compositions.
Research and development of novel processing techniques.
Project support for in service explosive compositions.
Formulation development to control materials properties of explosive compositions.
Current activities
Pressable compositions
Novel energetic binder materials
Processing explosive compounds
High loaded explosive compositions
Insensitive munitions
Rheological properties
Clients
AWE
Chemring Energetics
Chemring Nobels
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Stennett C & Gaulter S. (2023). Enhancement of laser ignitibility of insensitive energetic materials (FOX-7). Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, 48(11)
- Claydon AJ, Patil AN, Gaulter S, Kister G & Gill PP. (2022). Determination and optimisation of Resonant Acoustic Mixing (RAM) efficiency in Polymer Bonded eXplosive (PBX) processing. Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification, 173(March)
- Wright CJ, Wilkinson PJ, Gaulter SE, Fossey D, Burn AO, .... (2021). Is ResonantAcoustic Mixing® (RAM) a game changer for manufacturing solid composite rocket propellants?. Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, 47(1)
- Stennett C, Gaulter S & Akhavan J. (2020). An estimate of the TNT-equivalent net explosive quantity (NEQ) of the Beirut port explosion using publicly-available tools and data. Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, 45(11)
- Luppi F, Mai N, Kister G, Gill PP, Gaulter S, .... (2019). Chemical modification of β-cyclodextrins: balancing soft and rigid domains in complex structures. Chemistry – A European Journal, 25(68)
- Dossi E, Akhavan J, Gaulter SE, Williams RG & Doe WJ. (2018). Cross-linking of hydroxyl-terminated polyols with triethyleneglycol diglycidyl ether: an alternative to toxic isocyanates. Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, 43(3)
Books
- Afsar A, Dossi E, Kister G, Gaulter S & Stennett C. (2023). Natural and Renewable Resources for New Inert and Energetic Polymeric Binders – Hazard Properties In Future Developments in Explosives and Energetics. Royal Society of Chemistry.
- Afsar A, Dossi E, Kister G, Gaulter S & Stennett C. (2023). Natural and Renewable Resources for New Inert and Energetic Polymeric Binders – Hazard Properties In Future Developments in Explosives and Energetics. Royal Society of Chemistry.
