SHOCK WAVES
Measuring the Dynamic Response of Materials
by William M Isbell (ATA Associates, USA)
Table of Contents (245k)
Preface (62k)
Introduction (78k)
This book presents, in a concise and comprehensive manner, the essential techniques by which shock wave physicists probe the boundaries of material response to impulsive loads. The author is a well-known figure in shock wave physics, having worked for over forty years with many of the outstanding researchers in the field.
The book acquaints readers both with modern instrumentation techniques including interferometers such as the DISAR and the VISAR — and with methods that have been established by previous generations of experimentalists — including acoustic measurement techniques and low to moderate strain rate machines.
Besides an exposition of the theoretical aspects of shock wave phenomena, it contains large amounts of data on equations of state, spallation thresholds, shock wave attenuation from very high pressures, and elastic constants. Much of this information has been previously unavailable in open publications.
The text documents the transition from testing performed with explosives to the use of modern compressed gas guns, which permit much more detailed diagnostics and controlled conditions. In particular, the author pioneered the use of two-stage light gas guns which launch high-density plates against specimens located at the muzzle. The high launch velocity of these guns produced data that represents the highest pressures obtained in the free world at that time.
Contents:
- Characteristics of High-Intensity Waves
- Experimental Techniques for
Measurement of the Dynamic Properties of Materials
- Dynamic Response of Materials at Low and Moderate Stresses (<20 GPa)
- Hugoniot Equations of State to 0.5 TPa
- Attenuation of Shock Waves from High Pressure
- Response of Porous Materials to Static and Dynamic Loading
- Interferometric Methods
Readership: Undergraduates, graduate students, researchers and practitioners
in condensed matter physics as well as aerospace and materials engineering.
“This book has a very good balance between theory, experimental techniques, and material data ... It is a great book to learn about materials behavior in shock waves and instrumentation used to obtain the data ... readers working in the area would find this book to be a good summary of some of the latest techniques in shock wave physics as well as having a source of materials behavior.”
| IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine |
| 340pp |
Pub. date: Jan 2005 |
