This third volume in a series of reviews of the curent state of knowledge covers several diverse areas, including fundamental physical and chemical aspects of shock comression; responses of ceramics to shock compression; shock-induced reaction of condensed-phase explosives and shock phenomena at low stresses considered from the point of view of continuum mechanics.

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1 Equation of State at High Pressure.- 1.1. Introduction.- 1.2. General Considerations.- 1.3. Some Results.- 1.4. Summary.- References.- 2 Molecular Dynamics Analysis of Shock Phenomena.- 2.1. Introduction.- 2.2. Model and Methods.- 2.3. Nonenergetic A2 Piston-Driven Simulations.- 2.4. Energetic Chemically-Sustained Shock Waves.- 2.5. Conclusions.- Acknowledgments.- References.- 3 Mechanisms of Elastoplastic Response of Metals to Impact.- 3.1. Introduction.- 3.2. Dislocation Motion.- 3.3. Plastic Strain Rate.- 3.4. Comparison with Experiments.- 3.5. High-Amplitude Shock Loading.- 3.6. Elastic and Plastic Waves in Shocks.- 3.7. Electroplastic Effects.- 3.8. Impediments to Dislocation Motion and Crystal Failure.- 3.9. Energy Dissipation by Moving Dislocations.- 3.10. Conclusions.- Acknowledgments.- References.- 4 Molecular Processes in a Shocked Explosive: Time-Resolved Spectroscopy of Liquid Nitromethane.- 4.1. Introduction.- 4.2. Optical Spectroscopy Probes.- 4.3. Shock Response of Nitromethane and Sensitized Nitromethane.- 4.4. Summary and Conclusions.- Acknowledgments.- References.- 5 Effects of Shock Compression on Ceramic Materials.- 5.1. Introduction.- 5.2. Shock Compression Studies on Some Selected Ceramic Materials.- 5.3. Yielding Mechanism and Correlation with Material Characterization.- 5.4. Effects of Shock Compression on Shock-Induced Phase Transition.- 5.5. Concluding Remarks.- References.- 6 Response of High-Strength Ceramics to Plane and Spherical Shock Waves.- 6.1. Introduction.- 6.2. Elements of Experimental Strategy.- 6.3. Uniaxial Deformation by a Plane Shock Wave.- 6.4. Triaxial Deformation by a Divergent Spherical Wave.- 6.5. Conclusions, Prospects, and Recommendations.- References.- 7 Initiation and Propagation of Detonation in Condensed-Phase HighExplosives.- 7.1. Introduction.- 7.2. Brief History of Condensed-Phase Explosive Technology.- 7.3. Planar Steady Detonation Theory.- 7.4. Equations Governing Reactive Flow.- 7.5. Initiation of Detonation.- 7.6. 2D Steady Detonation in Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Materials.- 7.7. Properties of High Explosives.- 7.8. Initiation and Detonation Measurement Techniques.- 7.9. Summary.- 7.10. Glossary.- Acknowledgments.- References.- 8 Analysis of Shock-Induced Damage in Fiber-Reinforced Composites.- 8.1. Introduction.- 8.2. Background.- 8.3. Micromechanical Model.- 8.4. Constitutive Models.- 8.5. Numerical Implementation.- 8.6. Computational Simulations.- 8.7. Summary.- Acknowledgments.- References.- 9 Attenuation of Longitudinal Elastoplastic Pulses.- 9.1. Introduction.- 9.2. Stress and Deformation Fields.- 9.3. Longitudinal Shocks.- 9.4. Material Response Model: Ideal Elastoplasticity at Small Strain.- 9.5. Shock Propagation in a Slab.- 9.6. Elastoplastic Pulse Attenuation.- 9.7. Summary and Conclusions.- 9.A. Appendix: Field Values for Pulse Attenuation in Range C.- 9.B. Appendix: Field Values for Pulse Attenuation in Range D.- 9.C. Appendix: Field Values for Pulse Attenuation in Range E.- References.- Author Index.