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This book compiles historical notes and a review of the work of the author and his associates on shock compression of condensed matter (SCCM). The work includes such topics as foundational aspects of SCCM, thermodynamics, thermodynamics of defects, and plasticity as they relate to shock compression, shock-induced phase transition, and shock compaction. Also included are synthesis of refractory and hard ceramic compounds such as Ni aluminides, SiC and diamonds, method of characteristics, discrete element methods, the shock compression process at the grain scale, and modeling shock-to-detonation transition in high explosives. The book tells the story of how the author’s view of shock physics came to be where it is now. and analytically discusses how the author’s appreciation of shock waves has evolved in time. It offers a personal but pedagogical perspective on SCCM for young scientists and engineers who are starting their careers in the field. For experts it offers materials to nudge them reflect on their own stories, with the hope of planting a seed of motivation to write them down to be published.

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Author:   Yasuyuki Horie
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Imprint:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Edition:   1st ed. 2022
Weight:   0.459kg
ISBN:  

9789811937118

ISBN 10:   9811937117
Pages:   175
Publication Date:   25 August 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface. Chapter 1. Beginning. 1.1.       Mtg with Prof. G.E. Duvall. 1.2  .  What is a shock wave? 1.3  .  Mtg with Prof. H.G. Hopkins (UMIST, England) on sabbatical at WSU. Chapter 2. Ph.D thesis on phase transition in iron. 2.1  .  Bridgeman controversy    2.2  .  Basic assumptions. 2.3  .  Thermodynamics and kinetics. 2.4  .  Modeling kinetics of the α-ε phase transition by use of irreversible thermodynamics. Chapter 3. Sojourn in Great Britain. 3.1. Mathematics Department at the University of Strathclyde and UMIST. 3.2. Harvest at the University of Strathclyde (a rudderless boat).         3.2.1. Melting and Hugoniot equation.         3.2.2.  Shock induced polarization in water         3.2.3.      Electron motion in a semi-conductor and Boltzmann equation. Chapter 4. Back to the USA. 4.1.          Interviews at Bell Lab (can you walk on water?) and NCSU. 4.2.         First Ten Years at NCSU.         4.2.1.      Physics vs. engineering.         4.2.2.      Themis project and spin-off research 4.3.         Further consideration of energy relaxation in shocked solids. 4.4.         Modeling ablation and crystal growth. Chapter 5.  Mid-life Turning Points. 5.1. Thermodynamics of dislocation 5.2. DARPA Projects. Meeting with (1) Bob Graham and Bruno Morosin of SNL through a DARPA program on shock compaction  of refractory compounds and ceramics, and (2) Prof. A.B. Sawaoka of TIT (Tokyo Japan) and his team.         5.2.1. Constitutive modeling of granular media.         -Continuum plasticity and Lemniscate function.         5.2.2. Constitutive modeling of reacting mixtures.  A notable achievement of matching reaction products in the recovered sample from a Mama bear fixture with simulated shock-pressure field (show the picture). This effort lead to the later work on reactive continuum mixture theory and explosives modeling.   5.3. Shock synthesis of refractory compounds and modeling.         5.3.1. Collaboration with Ms. I. Simonsen (NCSU) on microstructure  characterization of shocked samples. Lessens on electron microscopy (new tricks for an old dog).         5.3.2. Real time measurements of reaction in a Ni-Al powder mixture. So far as I am aware of, this is the first recording of shock-induced reaction in a metallic powder mixture.  5.4. Shock synthesis of hard ceramic materials and modeling: Sojourn at TIT. -Collaboration at TIT on reactive mixtures such as Si+C, Ti+C and Ti+Si, as well as with Dr. M. Akaishi at the NIRIM, Tsukuba, Japan. - Collaboration with Ms. I. Simonsen (NCSU) on microstructure  characterization of shocked samples. Lessens on electron microscopy (new tricks for an old dog).          5.4.1. Development of the VIR model.         5.4.2. Analysis of diamond+Si+C.         5.4.3. Analysis of Ni+Al. Real time measurements of reaction in a Ni-Al powder mixture. So far as I am aware of, this is the first recording of shock-induced reaction in a metallic powder mixture.          5.4.4. Observation of unique microstructures.   -diamond formation   -others.  5.5.  Far-fetched idea of developing construction materials through shock processing of                                    indigenous planetary materials (with L. Bernold and M. Boslough (SNL then).  Chapter 6. New international collaborations at NCSU.6.1. Development of a discrete element code Lessens from and joy of working with an international team of researchers and students: diplomacy and patience. This effort lead to the development of a particle code called DEM.  A Russian colleague, S. Psakhie, named it MCA,  “Movable Cellular Automata”, that captured some key aspects of the code better than DEM.  6.2. A conversation with Prof. L. V. Al’tshuler on the phase transition in iron. A sad memory of Prof. Ahkmadiev with whom we explored a new direction in explosives modeling. 6.3. DEM modelling of shock propagation in granular media. There are still many unanswered questions.  For example,  they are particle velocity dispersion, turbulent-like motions and short-time violation of linear and angular momentums. 6.4. Application of DEM to polycrystalline media.         6.4.1. Observation of nonequilibrium fluctuations and its implications to shock compression of solids. Heterogeneous nature of deformation at the grain scale. What we saw has not yet been well integrated into the standard macroscopic picture of shock transition. Quote the comment by Bill Nellis.         6.4.2. α-ε phase transition in iron (back to the old problem).   New insights into the old questions.   A heterogeneous and hysteric nature of phase transition in a polycrystalline material. Macroscopic measurements hide a stochastic nature of transition at the grain scale. Chapter 7. LANL. 7.1. Turbulent time. Meeting with L. Margolin, turbulent time at LANL, and Los Alamos culture (remains of the old days. Lucky to have met old masters). 7.2 . Explosives modeling (It is the question, not the solution). This work is the beginning of an attempt to model SDT and detonation propagation, bridging grains scale physics and macroscopic hydrodynamics (daring, but a bit naïve?).  I still think that the idea of analytically connecting distributed hot spots to a macroscopic description is worthy of further study.         7.2.1.  A brief discussion of PBRB (Physics Based Reactive Burn model). Chapter 8. AFRL, Eglin AFB. 8.1  Last cultural shock. My position was outside of the line management, so I was free to pursue the subject of my interest, and started an ambitious program aimed at “moving energetic science from empiricism to an advanced computation-based analytic scientific and engineering basis, facilitating innovation, ” and called it “Design Studio.” Immediately I experienced another, but my last cultural shock at the old engineering organization that has its own culture of doing things (understandably so in dealing with explosives). Anecdotal comment by one of the senior chemists about putting a roadblock against my proposal. Probably the project was a bit too premature at the time. But I have met a group of wonderful people such as Mike Gunger of Gungerengineering and Betsy Rice at the ARL who have understood the idea and gave me support whatever and whenever they could. This is my life’s story of meeting people who gave me encouragement at all stage of my life.  8.2. Design Studio. Technically the work was to systematize explosive formulation based on a suite of computational tools, including PBRB.  However, success was limited due partly to people issues (again) involving an international student among others. Chapter 9. Life after retirement. 9.1.                U.S. Air Force Research Lab “Work” with young, energetic fellow travelers (Chris Molek, Eric Welle, David Damm, et al.). Joy of witnessing a new emerging approach at SNL on explosives modeling as well as a simulation-based system level design approach at AFRL (finally!). Joy of discovering old work for new application (quote an old Chinese proverb: Onko-Chishin). A new generation of changes are coming! Bob Graham used to complain that presentations at SCCM are becoming more like engineering papers. I wish he were alive to observe the changes occurring in the field of SCCM. 9.2.                Dance of the solid. I am still chasing the old questions (statistical thermodynamics of shock compression process with special focus on heterogeneous media).  Hopefully, I am not looking at them the same way. That is insanity, Einstein says. Painters do not keep repainting the same picture repeatedly. Ultimately (soon, I hope) to gain a new macroscopic perspective on shock compression of solids as well as a new window into SDT.  9.3.                Community service. Continuing editorship for Springer Nature to promote its “Shock Compression Science and Technology series”.   -Postscript- “Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm”. Winston Churchill.I made peace with myignorance.  

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Yasuyuki Horie is a former senior scientist, Energetic Materials, Munitions Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Eglin Air Force Base (USA). Currently he serves as a consultant at AFRL through the University of Dayton Research Institute, and at Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque. His work and interest are concerned with high-pressure shock compression of condensed matter focusing on thermo-chemical behavior of both inert and energetic materials. He received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in physics at Washington State University. He was a professor at the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics and Civil Engineering, North Carolina State University 1969–1999, and a technical staff member at Los Alamos National Laboratory 1999–2005. He moved to AFRL in 2005 and retired in 2012. He was honored with a Science and Engineering Award from the US Air Force in 2006, a Technical Achievement Award of the Year from the Munitions Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL/RW) in 2009, and the Prof. Glass Memorial Lecture Award from the Shock Wave Research Society of Japan in 2010. He has been a fellow of the American Physical Society since 2001.

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