High-Pressure Shock Compression of Solids VIII The Science and Technology of High-Velocity Impact /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Chhabildas, Lalit C. (Editor), Davison, Lee (Editor), Horie, Yasuyuki (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: High-Pressure Shock Compression of Condensed Matter
• Subjects: Physics.; Continuum physics.; Condensed matter.; Physical measurements.; Measurement.; Mechanical engineering.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.; Classical Continuum Physics.; Mechanical Engineering.

Research in the field of shock physics and ballistic impact has always been intimately tied to progress in development of facilities for accelerating projectiles to high velocity and instrumentation for recording impact phenomena. The chapters of this book, written by leading US and European experts...

Table of Contents:

• Light-Gas Gun Technology: A Historical Perspective
• Scaling and Designing Large-Bore Two-Stage High Velocity Guns
• The Coaxial Plasma Drag Accelerator
• Techniques to Launch Projectile Plates to Very High Velocities
• Sabot Designs for Launching Penetrators and Projectiles
• High-Speed Diagnostics for Ballistics and Explosive Studies
• Some Highlights in the History of High-Speed Photography and Photonics as Applied to Ballistics
• Ballistic Holography
• Time-Resolved Gauges for Measurements of Shock Waves in Solids
• Use of Pulsed Magnetic Fields for Quasi-Isentropic Compression Experiments.