Impactful Times: Memories of 60 Years of Shock Wave Research at Sandia National Laboratories (Shock Wave and High Pressure Phenomena)

This book presents a history of shock compression science, including development of experimental, material modeling, and hydrodynamics code technologies over the past six decades at Sandia National Laboratories. The book is organized into a discussion of major accomplishments by decade with over 900 references, followed by a unique collection of 45 personal recollections detailing the trials, tribulations, and successes of building a world-class organization in the field. It explains some of the challenges researchers faced and the gratification they experienced when a discovery was made. Several visionary researchers made pioneering advances that integrated these three technologies into a cohesive capability to solve complex scientific and engineering problems. What approaches worked, which ones did not, and the applications of the research are described. Notable applications include the turret explosion aboard the USS Iowa and the Shoemaker-Levy comet impact on Jupiter. The personal anecdotes and recollections make for a fascinating account of building a world-renowned capability from meager beginnings. This book will be inspiring to the expert, the non expert, and the early-career scientist. Undergraduate and graduate students in science and engineering who are contemplating different fields of study should find it especially compelling. Read more... Abstract: This book presents a history of shock compression science, including development of experimental, material modeling, and hydrodynamics code technologies over the past six decades at Sandia National Laboratories. The book is organized into a discussion of major accomplishments by decade with over 900 references, followed by a unique collection of 45 personal recollections detailing the trials, tribulations, and successes of building a world-class organization in the field. It explains some of the challenges researchers faced and the gratification they experienced when a discovery was made. Several visionary researchers made pioneering advances that integrated these three technologies into a cohesive capability to solve complex scientific and engineering problems. What approaches worked, which ones did not, and the applications of the research are described. Notable applications include the turret explosion aboard the USS Iowa and the Shoemaker-Levy comet impact on Jupiter. The personal anecdotes and recollections make for a fascinating account of building a world-renowned capability from meager beginnings. This book will be inspiring to the expert, the non expert, and the early-career scientist. Undergraduate and graduate students in science and engineering who are contemplating different fields of study should find it especially compelling Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Chapter 1 Introduction (James R. Asay, Lalit C. Chhabildas, R. Jeffery Lawrence, Mary Ann Sweeney)....Pages 3-17 Chapter 2 The 1950s: Origins (James R. Asay, Lalit C. Chhabildas, R. Jeffery Lawrence, Mary Ann Sweeney)....Pages 19-47 Chapter 3 The 1960s: Explosive Growth (James R. Asay, Lalit C. Chhabildas, R. Jeffery Lawrence, Mary Ann Sweeney)....Pages 49-83 Chapter 4 The 1970s: New Opportunities (James R. Asay, Lalit C. Chhabildas, R. Jeffery Lawrence, Mary Ann Sweeney)....Pages 85-125 Chapter 5 The 1980s: Heady Times (James R. Asay, Lalit C. Chhabildas, R. Jeffery Lawrence, Mary Ann Sweeney)....Pages 127-170 Chapter 6 The 1990s: Black Monday (James R. Asay, Lalit C. Chhabildas, R. Jeffery Lawrence, Mary Ann Sweeney)....Pages 171-214 Chapter 7 The 2000s: A New Millennium (James R. Asay, Lalit C. Chhabildas, R. Jeffery Lawrence, Mary Ann Sweeney)....Pages 215-262 Chapter 8 Looking to the Future (James R. Asay, Lalit C. Chhabildas, R. Jeffery Lawrence, Mary Ann Sweeney)....Pages 263-272 Front Matter ....Pages 273-273 Chapter 9 Memories of Shock Wave Research at Sandia (James R. Asay, Lalit C. Chhabildas, R. Jeffery Lawrence, Mary Ann Sweeney)....Pages 275-594 Back Matter ....Pages 595-668