Download or read book Shock Waves in Condensed Matter, International Conference, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 12-17 July 1998 written by Aleksei Krivchenko and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report documents information presented at the International Conference on Shock Waves in Condensed Matter held 12-17 July 1998 at Saint-Petersburg, Russia. The report primarily focuses on detonation physics of energetic materials and mathematical modeling of detonation processes, and also covers important issues related to shock wave processes in metals, ceramics and composites. In addition, Molecular dynamics in study of shock wave processes were greatly discussed in detail along with the equations of state and phase transitions.