Shock Wave Compression of Condensed Matter: A Primer

Introduction of Shock Wave Physics of Condensed Matter.- Plane One-Dimensional Shock Waves.- Impedance Matching Technique.- Experimental Techniques.- Thermodynamics of Shock Waves.- Solids.- Differential Conservation Equations and Time-dependent Flow.- First-order Polymorphic and Melting Phase Transitions Under Shock Loading.- Secondary Ideal High Explosives, Non-steady Initiation Process, and Steady Detonation Wave Models.- Steady Detonation Waves in Right Circular Cylinders of Non-ideal Explosives.- Special Topics: Lagrangian Coordinates, Spall, and Radiation Induced Shocks.- Appendices.