SHOCK COMPRESSION OF SOLIDS

This review contains a brief, comprehensive, critical assessment of the status of investigations concerning the response of solids to shock compression. Mechanical, metallurgical, electrical, optical and other phenomena occurring in substances subjected to shock pressures covering the range from about 0.1 to 6000 GPa are considered. Emphasis is placed on physical interpretation of observations peculiar to the shock environment and on the relationships among observations in the various areas of investigation. © 1979.