High-pressure Shock Compression of Solids VIII: The Science and Technology of High-velocity Impact VIII

research In The Field Of Shock Physics And Ballistic Impact Has Always Been Intimately Tied To Progress In Development Of Facilities For Accelerating Projectiles To High Velocity And Instrumentation For Recording Impact Phenomena. The Chapters Of This Book, Written By Leading Us And European Experts, Cover A Broad Range Of Topics And Address Researchers Concerned With Questions Of Material Behaviour Under Impulsive Loading And The Equations Of State Of Matter, As Well As The Design Of Suitable Instrumentation Such As Gas Guns And High-speed Diagnostics. Applications Include High-speed Impact Dynamics, The Inner Composition Of Planets, Syntheses Of New Materials And Materials Processing. Among The More Technologically Oriented Applications Treated Is The Testing Of The Flight Characteristics Of Aeroballistic Models And The Assessment Of Impacts In The Aerospace Industry. "This critical study of James Fenimore Cooper's fiction explores his view of family dynamics and his attempts to simultaneously present and critique the forces shaping American social development of his time. The text illuminates how Cooper approaches issues of Victorian domesticity and how his representations compare to those crafted by contemporary women writers."--BOOK JACKET Since their inception during 1948, two-stage light-gas guns have evolved into the primary laboratory devices for launching macro-size models to velocities above 2.5 km/s (8200 ft/s).