First-order polymorphic, second-order, melting, and freezing transitions induced by shock-
wave loading are reviewed. Comprehensive tabulations of the experimental observations …

This review contains a brief, comprehensive, critical assessment of the status of
investigations concerning the response of solids to shock compression. Mechanical …

Explosive pulsed power generators are devices that either convert the chemical energy
stored in explosives into electrical energy or use the shock waves generated by explosives …

Two ferroelectric ceramics, Pb (Zro. 62, Tio. 48) Oa with 1 wt% Nb20 5 and pure BaTiOa,
were studied under shock wave loading. Plane shock waves having pressures ranging from …

Similar to the canonical antiferroelectric (AFE) compound PbZrO3 in Pb (Zr, Ti) O3 solid‐
solutions, the presence of double hysteresis loops and that of electric field–induced phase …

The design of autonomous ultrahigh-voltage generators with no moving metallic parts based
on transverse explosive shock wave depolarization of Pb (Zr 0.52 Ti 0.48) O 3 (PZT 52/48) …

Systematic studies of the depolarization of Pb (Zr 0.52 Ti 0.48) O 3 (PZT 52/48) poled
piezoelectric ceramic samples were performed using thermal heating and explosive …

The Hugoniot equation of state of pyrolytic graphite of initial density 2.20 g/cm3 has been
determined to 300 kb for the``c''direction. Various explosive techniques for producing the …

Autonomous pulsed generators utilizing transverse shock wave depolarization (shock front
propagates across the polarization vector P 0) of Pb (Zr 0.52 Ti 0.48) O 3 poled piezoelectric …

The electrical response of BaTiO3 ceramics to the strong shock compression well above the
Hugoniot‐elastic limit or ferroelectric‐paraelectric transition pressure is studied to separate …