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Residual Temperatures of Shock-Loaded Iron

McQueen, R. G.
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, N. Mex.

Zukas, E.
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, N. Mex.

Marsh, S.
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, N. Mex.

Pages: 11    Published: Jan 1963

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Abstract

When a strong shock wave passes through an ordinary material, the pressure, temperature, internal energy, and entropy increase. The pressure is subsequently relieved by a rarefaction wave which in the ideal case is characterized as a constant entropy process. The net result of a shock followed by a rarefaction is thus an increase in entropy and consequently an increase in temperature and internal energy.