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- Contains large amounts of experimental and numerical images illustrating the spectacular features of the shock focusing process
- Serves as a comprehensive summary of the accumulated knowledge in the field of shock focusing
- Describes and explains the theory of converging shock stabilization process
Part of the book series: Shock Wave and High Pressure Phenomena (SHOCKWAVE)
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One of the main reasons for continuing interest in shock focusing is its ability to concentrate energy in a small volume and produce extreme temperatures and pressures in fluids in a controlled laboratory environment. The phenomenon of shock wave focusing leading to extreme conditions in fluids during micro- and nanosecond time intervals is a spectacular example of mechanics at small length and time scales revealing the major properties of shock dynamics including high-temperature gas phenomena. Production of high-energy concentrations in gases and fluids with star-like temperatures and extreme pressures by means of a stable imploding shock is of great interest not only in its own right but also because of the connection to a multitude of phenomena in nature, technology and medicine.
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Book Title: Shock Focusing Phenomena
Book Subtitle: High Energy Density Phenomena and Dynamics of Converging Shocks
Authors: Nicholas Apazidis, Veronica Eliasson
Series Title: Shock Wave and High Pressure Phenomena
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75866-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-75864-0Published: 04 June 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09345-7Published: 04 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-75866-4Published: 18 May 2018
Series ISSN: 2197-9529
Series E-ISSN: 2197-9537
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 158
Number of Illustrations: 153 b/w illustrations
Topics: Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer, Fluid- and Aerodynamics, Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Engineering Fluid Dynamics