Shock Waves in Solids

A procedure was developed for synthesizing a complete, solid equation of state and applied to iron. An experimental technique was developed for measuring shock induced magnetic anisotropy in YIG5 An improved procedure was developed for averaging magnetic moment in polycrystalline material. A theory of the asymptotic behavior of magnetization with field was developed for ferromagnetic materials. A code was written for 2-D elastic-plastic wave propagation in a bar. Analytic solutions for finite amplitude waves in lattices were developed.