Investigation of Muzzle Flow Using Background Oriented Schlieren and Particle Image Velocimetry Techniques
Abdelhafidh Moumen
Royal Military Academy, Belgium
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SPEAKER BIO
Mr. Abdelhafidh Moumen is a military officer, he is a specialist in energetic materials, ammunition, IEDs, and weapon systems. He holds a master's degree in engineering sciences in weapon systems and ballistics from the Polytechnic Faculty of the Royal Military Academy of Belgium (RMA) since 2011. With his professional experience of more than eight years in the fields of weapon system inspection, restoration, modernization, and explosive ordnance disposal as an active-duty officer, along with his engineering background, he has joined the Department of Weapon Systems and Ballistics at RMA as a researcher since 2018. Mr. Moumen's research interests are primarily focused on the analysis and quantitative visualization of the muzzle flow field. He is the author and co-author of multiple papers published in international journals and conferences. He is a member of the International Ballistics Society and a recipient of the "Rosalind and Pei Chi Chou Award" (2019).