@inproceedings{0c467f5fc0f44e1ea2857cb02b1a6fa1,
title = "New experimental capabilities and theoretical insights of high pressure compression waves",
abstract = "Currently there are three platforms that offer quasi-isentropic compression or ramp-wave compression (RWC): light-gas gun, magnetic flux (Z-pinch), and laser. We focus here on the light-gas gun technique and on some current theoretical insights from experimental data. An impedance gradient through the length of the impactor provides the pressure pulse upon impact to the subject material. Applications and results are given concerning high-pressure strength and the liquid-to-solid, phase transition of water giving its first associated phase fraction history. We also introduce the Korteweg-deVries-Burgers equation as a means to understand the evolution of these RWC waves as they propagate through the thickness of the subject material. This model equation has the necessary competition between non-linear, dispersion, and dissipation processes, which is shown through observed structures that are manifested in the experimental particle velocity histories. Such methodology points towards a possibility of quantifying dissipation, through which RWC experiments may be analyzed.",
keywords = "High pressure, Isentropic compression, Korteweg-de Vries, Light-gas gun, Phase transitions, Solitary waves, Thermodynamics, Wave evolution, Yield strength",
author = "Daniel Orlikowski and Nguyen, \{Jeffrey H.\} and Patterson, \{J. Reed\} and Roger Minich and Martin, \{L. Peter\} and Holmes, \{Neil C.\}",
year = "2007",
doi = "10.1063/1.2832932",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780735404694",
series = "AIP Conference Proceedings",
pages = "1186--1191",
booktitle = "Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 2007",
note = "15th Biennial International Conference of the APS Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, SCCM 2007 ; Conference date: 24-06-2007 Through 29-06-2007",
}