Shock Wave Science and Technology Reference Library, Vol. 2 Solids I [Hardcover]

This book is the first of several volumes on solids in the Shock Wave Science and Technology Reference Library. This is a unique collection, and the library as a whole sets out to comprehensively and authoritatively cover and review at research level the subject matter with all its ramifications. All the chapters are self-contained and can be read independently of each other, though they are of course thematically interrelated.

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.- ElasticPlastic 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.

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 l3‚