ShockWave Science and Technology Reference Library

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Horie, Yasuyuki (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Subjects: Physics.; Continuum physics.; Condensed matter.; Engineering.; Mechanics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Materials science.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Materials Science, general.; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.; Classical Continuum Physics.; Engineering, general.

 This book is the first of several volumes on solids in the Shock Wave Science and Technology Reference Library. These volumes are primarily concerned with high-pressure shock waves in solid media, including detonation, high-velocity impact, and penetration. Of the eight chapters in this volume three chapters survey recent, exciting experimental advances in - ultra-short shock dynamics at the atomic and molecular scale (D.S. More, S.D. Mcgrane, and D.J. Funk), - Z accelerator for ICE and Shock compression (M.D. Knudson), and - failure waves in glass and ceramics (S.J. Bless and N.S. Brar). The subsequent four chapters are foundational, and cover the subjects of - equation of state (R. Menikoff), - elastic-plastic shock waves (R. Menikoff), - continuum plasticity (R. M. Brannon), and - numerical methods (D. J. Benson). The last chapter, but not the least, describes a tour de force illustration of today’s computing power in - modeling heterogeneous reactive solids at the grain scale (M.R. Baer). All chapters are each self-contained, and can be read independently of each other, though they are of course thematically interrelated. They offer a timely reference, for beginners, as well as professional scientists and engineers, on the foundations of shock waves in solids with new viewpoints, and on the burgeoning developments. . 

 Use of the Z Accelerator for Isentropic and Shock Compression Studies -- Ultrashort Laser Shock Dynamics -- Failure Waves and Their Effects on Penetration Mechanics in Glass and Ceramics -- Empirical Equations of State for Solids -- Elastic–Plastic Shock Waves -- Elements of Phenomenological Plasticity: Geometrical Insight, Computational Algorithms, and Topics in Shock Physics -- Numerical Methods for Shocks in Solids -- Mesoscale Modeling of Shocks in Heterogeneous Reactive Materials.