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Shock Papers 1940S Shock Physics Papers 1940s 1940, Bethe, H.A. and Teller, E. "Deviation from thermal equilibrium in shock waves", X-117, Aberdeen, Maryland, Ballistics Research Laboratory 1940, Birch, F. "The alpha-gamma transformation of iron at high pressures and the problem of the Earth's magnetism" Amer. J. Sci. 238 192-211 1940, Carl, L.R. "Breaking theory of detonation" J. Franklin Inst. 230 75-94, 207-227, 355-374 1940, Kornfeld, M. and Ryvkin, M. "On the brittleness of liquids" J. Phys. USSR 2 183- 185 1940, Muraour, H. and Michel-Lévy, A. "Obtention de spectres de métaux par rencontre d'ondes de choc" J. Phys. Radium (Ser. 7) 1 260-264 1941, Fürth, R. "On the stability of crystal lattices. 6: The properties of matter under high pressure and the lattice theory of crystals" Proc. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 37 177-185 1941, Lyman, A.K.B. "Compaction of cohesionless foundation soils by explosives" Proc. ASCE 67 769-780 1941, Meijering, J.L. "Some relations concerning the compressibility of the solid elements" Physica 8 796-804 1942, Bethe, H.A. "The theory of shock waves for an arbitrary equation of state", OSRD-545, National Defence Research Council, Washington DC 1942, Bickley, W.G. "The effect on a free surface on compressional (shock) waves" Proc. R. Soc. Lond. A 180 209-218 1942, Cowling, T.G. "The influence of diffusions on the propagation of shock waves" Philos. Mag. (Ser. 7) 33 61-67 1942, Landau, L.D. "On shock waves" J. Phys. USSR 6 229-230 1942, Muraour, H. "Ondes de choc et luminosités de détonation" Chimie Industrie 47(1) 3-15 1942, Rae, J. "The use of fired small-arms cartridge cases in the production of some alpha-beta extrusion brasses: Indications of the effects of the physical properties of the extruded rods" J. Inst. Metals 68 311-328 1942, Sharpe, J.A. "The production of elastic waves by explosion pressure. 1: Theory and empirical observations" Geophysics 7 144-154 1942, Sharpe, J.A. "The production of elastic waves by explosion pressure. 2: Results of observations near an exploding charge" Geophysics 7 311-321 1942, Wessman, H.E. and Rose, A.W. "Aerial Bombardment Protection", publ. New York, Wiley 1943, Birch, F. "Elasticity of rocks at high temperatures and pressures" Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 54 263-286 1943, Born, M. "The thermodynamics of crystal lattices. 1: Discussion of the methods of calculation" Proc. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 39 100-103 1 1943, Chariton, J.B. and Ratner, S.B. "On the velocities of detonation of nitroglycerine and nitroglycol" C.R. Acad. Sci. URSS 41 293-295 1943, Simmons, E.E., "Explosion pressure gauge", United States, patent no. 2,327,935 1943, Zeldovich, J.B. and Leipunsky, O.I. "Obtaining of extremely high temperatures" J. Phys. USSR 7 245 1944, Anon. "Shock resistance and impact resistance of zinc alloys (in German)" Z. vereines deutscher Ingenieure 88 108 1944, Carl, L.R. "Brass welds made by detonation impulse" Metal Progress 46(1) 102- 103 1944, Lawrence, R.W. "Mechanism of detonation in explosives" Geophysics 9 1-18 1944, Murnaghan, F.D. "The compressibility of media under extreme pressures" Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 30 244-247 1944, Ratner, S.B. "Some measurements of detonation velocity of methylnitrate" C.R. Acad. Sci. URSS 42 265-267 1944, Roy, M. "Sur la structure de l'onde de choc, limité d'une quasi-onde de choc dans un fluide compressible et visqueux" C.R. Acad. Sci. 218 813-816 1945, Landau, L. "On shock waves at large distances from the place of their origin" J. Phys. USSR 9 496-500 1945, Landau, L. "On shock waves at large distances from the place of their generation (in Russian)" Prikl. Mat. Mekh. 9(4) 286-292 1945, Landau, L.D. and Staniukovich, K.P. "On a study of the detonation of condensed explosives" C.R. Acad. Sci. URSS 46 362-364 1945, McMillen, J.H. "Shock wave pressures in water produced by impact of small spheres" Phys. Rev. 68 198-209 1945, Pokrovsky, G.I. "On velocity distribution in directional explosion" Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 46 102 1945, Rakhmatulin, K.A. "On propagation of the unloading wave (in Russian)" Prikl. Math. Mech. 9 91-100 1946, Adams, L.H. "The problem of hypervelocity", in "Hypervelocity Guns and the Control of Gun Erosion", ed. V. Bush, J.B. Conant and L.H. Adams, pp. 7-18, publ. Washington DC, National Defense Research Committee 1946, Adams, L.H., Burlew, J.S. and Rose, E.L. "Practical hypervelocity guns", in "Hypervelocity Guns and the Control of Gun Erosion", ed. V. Bush, J.B. Conant and L.H. Adams, pp. 615-630, publ. Washington DC, National Defense Research Committee 1946, Bush, V., Conant, J.B. and Adams, L.H., eds. "Hypervelocity Guns and the Control of Gun Erosion", publ. Washington DC, National Defense Research Committee 2 1946, Fowler, R.J. and Denaro, L.F. "Evolution of welded armoured fighting vehicles" Trans. Inst. Welding 9 87-93 1946, Fowler, R.J. and Denaro, L.F. "Welded heavy armoured fighting vehicles" Trans. Inst. Welding 9 115-127 1946, Hackman, E.E. "Preliminary investigation of spark discharges along shock waves" Phys. Rev. 69 130 1946, Lorimer, J. "Some uses of explosives in civil engineering" J. Inst. Civil Engrs 26 50-112 1946, McMillen, J.H. and Harvey, E.N. "A spark shadowgraphic study of body waves in water" J. Appl. Phys. 17 541-555 1946, Muraour, H., Romand, J. and Vodar, B. "Spectres des décharges électriques très condensées dans l'ultraviolet: Comparaison avec les luminosités obtenues par rencontre d'ondes de choc" C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris 223 620-622 1946, Muraour, H. "A propos des luminosités de détonation" C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris 222 1104-1105 1946, Osborne, M.F. and Taylor, A.H. "Nonlinear propagation of underwater shock waves" Phys. Rev. 70 322-328 1946, Sachs, R.G. "Some properties of very intense shock waves" Phys. Rev. 69 514- 522 1946, Sedov, L.I. "Propagation of strong shock waves (in Russian)" Prikl. Math. Mech. 10 241-250 1946, Taylor, J., Morris, G. and Richards, T.C. "Effect of velocity of detonation on the efficiency of explosives used in seismic prospecting" Geophysics 11 350-361 1946, Taylor, J. and Hancock, J. "Shot-firing and explosives in coal-mines" Trans. Inst. Mining Engrs 106 678-706 1946, White, M.P. "Behavior of materials under dynamic loads", in "Effects of Impact and Explosions", ed. V. Bush, J.B. Conant and L.H. Adams, pp. 255-265, publ. Washington DC, National Defense Research Committee 1946, Wilson, E.B. "Effects of Impact and Explosion", publ. Washington DC, Office of Scientific Research and Development 1946, Zeldovich, J. "The propagation of shock waves in gas with reversible chemical reactions" J. Phys. USSR 10 321-324 1946, Zeldovich, J. "The possibility of rarefaction shock waves" J. Phys. USSR 10 325-326 1947, Baird, K.M. "Shock wave in glass" Nature 160 24-25 1947, Birch, F. "Finite elastic strain of cubic crystals" Phys. Rev. 71 809-824 1947, Brinkley Jr., S.R. and J.G., K. "Theory of the propagation of shock waves" Phys. Rev. 71 606-611 1947, Brinkley Jr., S.R. and J.G., K. "Theory of the propagation of shock waves from infinite cylinders of explosive" Phys. Rev. 72 1109-1113 3 1947, Cole, R.H. and Coles, J.S. "Propagation of spherical shock waves in water" Phys. Rev. 71 128-129 1947, Dietz, R.S. "Meteorite impact suggested by orientation of shatter cones at the Kentland, Indiana, disturbance" Science 105 42-43 1947, Dobyns, D.R. "A study of seismic character and energy return from shooting high- and low-velocity explosives" Geophysics 12 618-638 1947, Finkelstein, R. "The normal reflection of shock waves" Phys. Rev. 71 42-48 1947, Harvey, E.N. and McMillen, J.H. "An experimental study of shock waves resulting from the impact of high velocity missiles on animal tissues" J. Exper. Medicine 85 321-328 1947, Muraour, H. "Poudres et Explosifs", publ. Paris, Presse Universitaires de France 1947, Ratner, S.B. "On the detonation mechanism of liquid explosives: An estimate of the heating of liquid nitric esters in a shock wave" Acta Physicochim. URSS 22 357-362 1947, Richardson, J.M., Arons, A.B. and Halverson, R.R. "Hydrodynamic properties of sea water at the front of a shock wave" J. Chem. Phys. 15 785-794 1947, Taub, A.H. "Refraction of plane shock waves" Phys. Rev. 72 51-60 1947, Thomas, T.Y. "On curved shock waves" J. Math. Phys. 26 62-68 1948, Beth, R.A., Taub, A.H., Wilson, E.B., Mayer, D., White, M.P., Smith, L.G., Pugh, E.M., Curtis, C.W., Slade, J.J., Slutz, R.J., Stipe, J.G. and Rojansky, V. "From defense to attack", in "Rockets, Guns and Targets", ed. J.E. Burchard, pp. 250- 301, publ. Boston, MA, Little, Brown and Company 1948, Burchard, J.E., Kelly, B. and Wilson, E.B. "From defense to attack", in "Rockets, Guns and Targets", ed. J.E. Burchard, pp. 250-301, publ. Boston, MA, Little, Brown and Company 1948, Cassen, B. and Stanton, J. "The decay of shock waves" J. Appl. Phys. 19 803- 807 1948, Clark, G.B. and Bruckner, W.H. "Behavior of metal cavity liners in shaped explosives charges" Trans. AIME 176 527-540 1948, Cole, R.H. "Underwater Explosions", publ. Princeton, Princeton University Press 1948, Cook, J.H. "Engraving on metal plates by means of explosives" Research 1 474- 477 1948, Courant, R. and Friedrichs, K.O. "Supersonic Flow and Shock Waves", publ.
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