Shock-Wave Phenomena and the Properties of Condensed Matter

One of the main goals of investigations of shock-wave phenomena in condensed matter is to develop methods for predicting effects of explosions, high-velocity collisions, and other kinds of intense dynamic loading of materials and structures. Based on the results of international research conducted over the past 30 years, this book is addressed not only to experts in shock-wave physics, but also to interested representatives from adjacent fields of activity and to students who seek an introduction to the current issues. With that goal in mind, the book opens with a brief account of the theoretical background and a short description of experimental techniques. The authors then progress to a systematic treatment of special topics, some of which have not been fully addressed in the literature to date.

List of contents

1 Introduction to the Theoretical Background and Experimental Methods of Shock Physics.- 2 Elastic-Plastic Response of Solids Under Shock-Wave Loading.- 3 Yield and Strength Properties of Metals and Alloys at Elevated Temperatures.- Chapter4 Behavior of Brittle Materials under Shock-Wave Loading.- 5 Two Examples of Spatially Resolved Shock-Wave Tests.- 6 Polymorphic Transformations and Phase Transitions in Shock-Compressed Solids.- 7 Equations of State and Macrokinetics of Decomposition of Solid Explosives in Shock and Detonation Waves.- 8 Shock Waves and Extreme States of Matter.

About the author

Vladimir Fortov is one of Russia's leading physicists, a senior member of the Academy of Sciences, and a world expert on the topic of matter under extreme conditions. He has carried out many pioneering experiments, among others experimentally confirming the "plasma phase transitions" long predicted by eminent scientists such as Eugene Wigner, Lev Landau and Klaus von Klitzing. He was also in charge of experiments carried out aboard the MIR and ISS space stations.

Summary

This book is addressed not only to experts in shock-wave physics, but
also to interested representatives from adjacent fields of activity
and to students who seek an introduction to the current issues.

Product details

• Authors: V. E. Fortov, Vladi Fortov, Vladimir E Fortov, Vladimir E. Fortov, Gennady Kanel, Gennady I Kanel, Gennady I. Kanel, S. V. Razorenov, Sergey Razorenov, Sergey V Razorenov, Sergey V. Razorenov
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.05.2004
• EAN: 9780387205724
• ISBN: 978-0-387-20572-4
• No. of pages: 322
• Weight: 600 g
• Illustrations: XIII, 322 p. 52 illus.
• Series: Shock Wave and High Pressure Phenomena; High-Pressure Shock Compression of Condensed Matter; Shock Wave and High Pressure Phenomena; High-Pressure Shock Compression of Condensed Matter; Shock Wave and High Pressure P
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Atomic physics, nuclear physics; B, Klassische Mechanik, Physics, Classical mechanics, Classical and Continuum Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Physics and Astronomy