Solids Under High-Pressure Shock Compression: Mechanics, Physics, and Chemistry

✍ Scribed by Robert A. Graham (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 223
• Series: High-Pressure Shock Compression of Condensed Matter
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Since the 1950s shock compression research contributed greatly to scientific knowledge and industrial technology. As a result, for example, our understanding of meteorite impacts has substantially improved, and shock processes have become standard industrial methods in materials synthesis and processing. Investigations of shock-compressed matter involve physics,electrical engineering, solid mechanics, metallurgy, geophysics and materials science. The description of shock-compressed matter presented here, which is derived from physical and chemical observations, differs significantly from the classical descriptions derived from strictly mechanical characteristics. This volume, with over 900 references, provides an introduction for scientists and engineers interested in the present state of shock compression science.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-12
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Basic Concepts and Models....Pages 15-52
Experimental Methods....Pages 53-67
Front Matter....Pages 69-69
Physical Properties Under Elastic Shock Compression....Pages 71-96
Physical Properties Under Elastic-Plastic Compression....Pages 97-138
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Shock-Compression Processes in Solid State Chemistry....Pages 141-159
Shock Modification and Shock Activation: Enhanced Solid State Reactivity....Pages 160-178
Solid State Chemical Synthesis....Pages 179-194
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
The Shock-Compression Processes....Pages 197-200
Back Matter....Pages 201-221

✦ Subjects

Acoustics;Characterization and Evaluation of Materials