High-Pressure Shock Compression of Solids VIII
Subtitle: The Science and Technology of High-Velocity Impact (Shock Wave and High Pressure Phenomena)
Contributors: L.C. Chhabildas (Editor); Lee Davison (Editor); Y. Horie (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: February 14, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9783540228660
Subjects: Materials science; Science/Mathematics; Mechanics - General; Science; Technology & Industrial Arts; Material Science; Weights & Measures; Technology / Material Science; aeroballistics; equation of state; gas guns; high-velocity impacts; impulsive loading; shock waves; Physics
First sentence: Since their inception during 1948, two-stage light-gas guns have evolved into the primary laboratory devices for launching macro-size models to velocities above 2.5 km/s (8200 ft/s).