Shock Focusing Phenomena High Energy Density Phenomena and Dynamics of Converging Shocks /

• Main Authors: Apazidis, Nicholas (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Eliasson, Veronica (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Shock Wave and High Pressure Phenomena,
• Subjects: Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Fluids.; Chemical engineering.; Fluid mechanics.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.

 One of the main reasons for continuing interest in shock focusing is its ability to concentrate energy in a small volume and produce extreme temperatures and pressures in fluids in a controlled laboratory environment. The phenomenon of shock wave focusing leading to extreme conditions in fluids during micro- and nanosecond time intervals is a spectacular example of mechanics at small length and time scales revealing the major properties of shock dynamics including high-temperature gas phenomena. Production of high-energy concentrations in gases and fluids with star-like temperatures and extreme pressures by means of a stable imploding shock is of great interest not only in its own right but also because of the connection to a multitude of phenomena in nature, technology and medicine. 

 Introduction -- Shock Focusing vs Explosions -- On stability of converging shocks -- Shock Focusing in Nature (for example collapse of supernovae and pistol shrimp) -- "Man-made" shock focusing -- Challenges -- Experimental approach overview -- Gases -- Liquids -- Solids -- Applications -- Summary and outlook.