This book presents a set of basic understandings of the behavior and response of solids to propagating shock waves. The propagation of shock waves in a solid bo

While much is known about the effects of shock compression on monolithic materials, the unusual physical and chemical processes that take place when a porous me

This book presents a set of basic understandings of the behavior and response of solids to propagating shock waves. The propagation of shock waves in a solid bo

Since the 1950s shock compression research contributed greatly to scientific knowledge and industrial technology. As a result, for example, our understanding of

Presenting some of the most recent results of Russian research into shock compression, as well as historical overviews of the Russian research programs into sho