High-Pressure Shock Compression of Solids

Introduction to High-Pressure Shock Compression of Solids 

But at the present it (Bridgman s work) increases the presumption that the discontinuity in the shock wave is to be explained by something else. The whole question of what causes such discontinuities seems to be somewhat obscure. It is apparently recognized that such a phenomena as reaching the plastic limit may explain the discontinuity at 10,(X)0 (kg/cm ) mentioned above, but the precise mechanism by which reaching the plastic flow point may induce the discontinuity seems not to have been worked out. 

Shortly after this time, it was discovered that Bridgman s static high-pressure scale was in error due to calibration problems, and the shock-induced 13 GPa transition became the new calibration standard. 

The present book, with contributions from a group of very knowledgable scientists in the field, is an attempt to provide a basis for addressing Bridgman s concerns. The response requires multidisciplinary contributions from solid mechanics, solid-state physics, materials science, and solid-state chemistry. Certainly, advances in theory, experimentation, and numerical simulation are impressive, and many aspects of shock-compressed solids have been studied in detail. At the fundamental level, however, it is certainly appropriate to question how well shock-compression processes are understood. 

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Asay J R and Shahinpour M (eds) 1993 High-Pressure Shock Compression of Solids (New York Springer) Bridgman P W 1958 The Physics of High Pressure (London G Beii and Sons)... 

The present book brings to the reader a state-of-the-art treatment of high-pressure shock compression of solids in a type of tutorial manner. It has been felt by the shock physics and engineering communities that there is a need for such a book to aid the education and training of undergraduate and graduate students of physics and engineering. We hope that the present book will partially fill that vacuum. We certainly welcome any comment or criticism on the content of this book, in the hope that these will be incorporated into later editions of the book. 

J.K. Dienes, A unified theory of flow, hot spots, and fragmentation with an application to explosive sensitivity, in High-Pressure Shock Compression of Solids II Dynamic Fracture and Fragmentation, L. Davison, D. Grady, and M. Shahinpoor Eds. Springer, New York, 1996. 

D. H. Robertson, D. W. Brenner, and C. T. White, in High Pressure Shock Compression of Solids III, Eds. Lee Davison and Mohsen Shahinpoor (Springer-Verlag, 1998), Chap. 2. 

L. Davison, D. Grady, and M. Sluihinpoor (] x s.) High-Pressure Shock Compression of Solids II... 

Z. P. Tang, Y. Horie, and S.G. Psakhie, in High-Pressure Shock Compression of Solids, IV, Response of Highly Porous Solids to Shock Loading (eds. Lee Davison, Y. Horie, and Mohsen Shahinpoor), Springer-Verlag, New York, pp. 143-176 (1997). 

M. Arakawa and A. Kouchi, ""Impact processes of ice in the solar systemin High -Pressure Shock Compression of Solids E, Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002, p.l99. 

I] G.T. Gray, in High Pressure Shock Compression of Solids, J. R. Asay and M. Shahinpoor, Eds. (Springler-Verlag, NewYork, 1993) pp. 187-213. 

Grady, D. E., Kipp, M. E. (1993). Dynamic fracture and fragmentation. In J. R. Asay M. Shahinpoor (Eds), High-pressure shock compression of solids (pp. 265-322). New York Springer. 

Asay, J.R. and Shahinpoor, M. (1993) High-Pressure Shock Compression of Solids, Springer, New York. 

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