HIGH-PRESSURE SHOCK COMPRESSION OF SOLIDS

By H. DAZIS

CONTENTS 1 LIGHT-GAS GUN TECHNOLOGY: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 2 SCALING AND DESIGNING LARGE-BORE TWO-STAGE HIGH VELOCITY GUNS 3 THE COAXIAL PLASMA DRAG ACCELERATOR 4 TECHNIQUES TO LAUNCH PROJECTILE PLATES TO VERY HIGH VELOCITIES 5 SABOT DESIGNS FOR LAUNCHING PENETRATORS AND PROJECTILES 6 HIGH-SPEED DIAGNOSTICS FOR BALLISTICS AND EXPLOSIVE STUDIES 7 SOME HIGHLIGHTS IN THE HISTORY OF HIGH-SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY AND PHOTONICS AS APPLIED TO BALLISTICS 8 BALLISTIC HOLOGRAPHY 9 TIME-RESOLVED GAUGES FOR MEASUREMENTS OF SHOCK WAVES IN SOLIDS 10 USE OF PULSED MAGNETIC FIELDS FOR QUASI-ISENTROPIC COMPRESSION EXPERIMENTS