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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.