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Analyzing ramp compression wave experiments

Hayes, D.B.

Isentropic compression of a solid to 100's of GPa by a ramped, planar compression wave allows measurement of material properties at high strain and at modest temperature. Introduction of a measurement plane disturbs the flow, requiring special analysis techniques. If the measurement interface is windowed, the unsteady nature of the wave in the window requires special treatment. When the flow is hyperbolic the equations of motion can be integrated backward in space in the sample to a region undisturbed by the interface interactions, fully accounting for the untoward interactions. For more complex materials like hysteretic elastic/plastic solids or phase changing material, hybrid analysis techniques are required. © 2007 American Institute of Physics.