The field of shock compression science has a long and rich history involving contributions of mathematicians, physicists and engineers over approximately two hu

This book introduces the core concepts of the shock wave physics of condensed matter, taking a continuum mechanics approach to examine liquids and isotropic sol

Both experimental and theoretical investigations make it clear that mesoscale materials, that is, materials at scales intermediate between atomic and bulk matte

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