Synopses & Reviews
Addresses fundamentals and advanced topics relevant to the behavior of materials under in-service conditions such as impact, shock, stress and high-strain rate deformations. Deals extensively with materials from a microstructure perspective which is the future direction of research today.
Synopsis
Addresses fundamentals and advanced topics relevant to the behavior of materials under in-service conditions such as impact, shock, stress and high-strain rate deformations. Deals extensively with materials from a microstructure perspective which is the future direction of research today.
Table of Contents
Dynamic Deformation and Waves.
Elastic Waves.
Plastic Waves.
Shock Waves.
Shock Waves: Equations of State.
Differential Form of Conservation Equations and Numerical Solutions to More Complex Problems.
Shock Wave Attenuation, Interaction, and Reflection.
Shock Wave-Induced Phase Transformations and Chemical Changes.
Explosive-Material Interactions.
Detonation.
Experimental Techniques: Diagnostic Tools.
Experimental Techniques: Methods to Produce Dynamic Deformation.
Plastic Deformation at High Strain Rates.
Plastic Deformation in Shock Waves.
Shear Bands (Thermoplastic Shear Instabilities).
Dynamic Fracture.
Applications.
Indexes.