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Shock Papers 2008 Shock Physics Papers 2008 2008, Acarer, M. and Demir, B. "An investigation of mechanical and metallurgical properties of explosive welded aluminum-dual phase steel" Mater. Letts 62 4158-4160 2008, Akbari-Mousavi, S.A.A., Barrett, L.M. and Al-Hassani, S.T.S. "Explosive welding of metal plates" J. Mater. Process. Technol. 202 224-239 2008, Akli, K.U., Hansen, S.B., Kemp, A.J., Freeman, R.R., Beg, F.N., Clark, D.C., Chen, S.D., Hey, D., Hatchett, S.P., Highbarger, K., Giraldez, E., Green, J.S., Gregori, G., Lancaster, K.L., Ma, T., MacKinnon, A.J., Norreys, P., Patel, N., Pasley, J., Shearer, C., Stephens, R.B., Stoeckl, C., Storm, M., Theobald, W., Van Woerkom, L.D., Weber, R. and Key, M.H. "Laser heating of solid matter by light-pressure- driven shocks at ultrarelativistic intensities" Phys. Rev. Letts 100 165002 2008, Alba-Baena, N.G., Salas, W. and Murr, L.E. "Characterization of micro and nano two-phase regimes created by explosive shock-wave consolidation of powder mixtures" Mater. Charact. 59 1152-1160 2008, Alexander, C.S., Chhabildas, L.C., Reinhart, W.D. and Templeton, D.W. "Changes to the shock response of fused quartz due to glass modification" Int. J. Impact Engng 35 1376-1385 2008, Álvarez, U.M., Ramírez, A., Fernández, F., Méndez, A. and Loske, A.M. "The influence of single pulse and tandem shock waves on bacteria" Shock Waves 17 441-447 2008, Amer, E., Gren, P. and Sjödahl, M. "Shock wave generation in laser ablation studied using pulsed digital holographic interferometry" J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 41 215502 2008, Amor, K., Hesselbo, S.P., Porcelli, D., Thackrey, S. and Parnell, J. "A Precambrian proximal ejecta blanket from Scotland" Geology 36 303-306 2008, An, Q., Luo, S.-N., Han, L.-B., Zheng, L. and Tschauner, O. "Melting of copper under hydrostatic and shock wave loading to high pressures" J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 20 095220 2008, Andrushevich, A.A. and Krivosheev, Y.K. "Dynamic reinforced of casting alloys after superdeep penetration" Adv. Mater. Res. 47 841-844 2008, Anisichkin, V.F. "Calculation of the velocity of sound behind the shock wave front in condensed media" Combust. Explos. Shock Waves 44 115-118 2008, Anisimov, S.I., Inogamov, N.A., Petrov, Y.V., Khokhlov, V.A., Zhakhovskii, V.V., Nishihara, K., Agranat, M.B., Ashitkov, S.I. and Komarov, P.S. "Interaction of short laser pulses with metals at moderate intensities" Appl. Phys. A 92 939- 943 2008, Ao, T., Asay, J.R., Chantrenne, S., Baer, M.R. and Hall, C.A. "A compact strip- line pulsed power generator for isentropic compression experiments" Rev. Sci. Instrum. 79 013903 1 2008, Apolenis, A.V., Tsvigunov, A.N., Annikov, V.E. and Raikova, V.M. "Synthesis of iron aluminates and new modification of alumina at impact of explosive", in "Proc. 11th Seminar of the New Trends in Research of Energetic Materials", ed. J. Ottis and J. Pachmán, pp. 448-453, publ. Pardubice, Czech Republic, University of Pardubice 2008, Apolenis, A.V., Tsvigunov, A.N., Annikov, V.A. and Raikova, V.M. "Synthesis of iron aluminates and a new modification of alumina at impact of explosive" Cent. Eur. J. Energ. Mater. 5(3) 37-44 2008, Apperson, S., Shende, R.V., Subramanian, S., Tappmeyer, D., Gangopadhyay, S., Chen, Z., Gangopadhyay, K., Redner, P., Nicolich, S. and Kapoor, D. "Erratum: Generation of fast propagating combustion and shock waves with copper oxide/alumunum nanothermite composites" Appl. Phys. Letts 92 229903 2008, Arinin, V.A., Mikhailova, O.L., Mochalov, M.A. and Urlin, V.D. "Quasi-isentropic compression of liquid argon at pressure = 1000 GPa" JETP Letts 87 209-212 2008, Armstrong, M.R., Crowhurst, J.C., Reed, E.J. and Zaug, J.M. "Ultrafast high strain rate acoustic wave measurements at high static pressure in a diamond anvil cell" Appl. Phys. Letts 92 101930 2008, Arrigoni, M., Boustie, M., Bolis, C., Berthe, L., Barradas, S. and Jeandin, M. "The use of a macroscopic formulation dfescribing the effects of dynamic compaction and porosity on plasma sprayed copper" J. Appl. Phys. 103 083509 2008, Asay, J.R., Ao, T., Davis, J.-P., Hall, C., Vogler, T.J. and Gray III, G.T. "Effect of initial properties on the flow strength of aluminum during quasi-isentropic compression" J. Appl. Phys. 103 083514 2008, Atchison, W.L., Zocher, M.A. and Kaul, A.M. "Studies of material constitutive behavior using perturbation growth in explosive and magnetically driven liner systems" Russ. J. Phys. Chem. B 2 387-401 2008, Atherton, L.J. "Targets for the National Ignition campaign" J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 112 032063 2008, Badziak, J., Kasperczuk, A., Parys, P., Pisarczyk, T., Rosinski, M., Ryc, L., Wolowski, J., Suchanska, R., Krása, J., Krousky, E., Láska, L., Masek, K., Pfeifer, M., Rohlena, K., Skala, J., Ullschmied, J., Dhareshwar, L.J., Földes, I.B., Suta, T., Borrielli, A., Mezzasalma, A., Torrisi, L. and Pisarczyk, P. "The effect of high-Z dopant on laser driven acceleration of a thin plastic target" Appl. Phys. Letts 92 211502 2008, Bae, Y.K. "Metastable innershell molecular state" Phys. Letts A 372 4865- 4869 2008, Bailey, J.E., Knudson, M.D., Carlson, A.L., Dunham, G.S., Desjarlais, M.P., Hanson, D.L. and Asay, J.R. "Time-resolved optical spectroscopy measurements of shocked liquid deuterium" Phys. Rev. B 78 144107 2 2008, Balagansky, I.A., Matrosov, A.D., Stadnichenko, I.A., Glumov, A.I. and Samsonov, A.V. "Influence of inert copper and silicon carbide inserts on process of detonation transmission through water" Mater. Sci. Forum 566 207-212 2008, Barber, J.L. and Kadau, K. "Shock front broadening in polycrystalline materials" Phys. Rev. B 77 144106 2008, Bates, J.W. "Response to comment on 'Instability of isolated planar shock waves'" Phys. Fluids 20 029102 2008, Baudoin, M., Thomas, J.-L., Coulouvrat, F. and Chaneac, C. "Acoustic shock wave propagation through solutions of nano-particles", in "Proc. 16th Int. Symp. on Nonlinear Acoustics", pp. 241-244, publ. New York, American Instutute of Physics 2008, Bavay, M., Spielman, R.B. and Avrillaud, G. "Veloce: A compact pulser for magnetically driven isentropic compression experiments" IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 36 2658-2661 2008, Beck, S.Y., Lee, J.W., Cho, M.W., Park, D.S., Jang, H.S. and Cho, W.S. "Micro pattern making method on AIN-hBN composites using powder blasting process" Key Engng Mater. 368 943-948 2008, Belous, A.I., Ovchinnikov, V.I., Bulko, L.D., Petitskaya, T.V. and Doroshkevich, E.A. "Determination of damages in superdeep penetration and alteration of properties of materials under extreme conditions" Adv. Mater. Res. 47 1274- 1277 2008, Benocci, R., Batani, D., Dezulian, R., Redaelli, R., Lucchini, G., Canova, F., Stabile, H., Faure, J., Krousky, E., Masek, K., Pfeifer, M., Skala, J., Dudzak, R., Koenig, M., Tikonchuk, V., Nicolai, P. and Malka, V. "Gas-induced smoothing of laser beams studied by interaction with thin foils" Plasma Phys. Controlled Fusion 50 115007 2008, Benuzzi-Mounaix, A., Loupias, B., Koenig, M., Ravasio, A., Ozaki, N., le Gloahec, M.R., Vinci, T., Aglitsky, Y., Faenov, A., Pikuz, T. and Boehly, T. "Density measurement of low-Z shocked material from monochromatic X-ray two- dimensional images" Phys. Rev. E 77 045402 2008, Bezruchko, G.S., Kanel, G.I., Razorenov, S.V., Savinykh, A.S. and Milyavskii, V.V. "Orientation effect on the parameters of the polymorphic transformation of graphite under shock compression" JETP Letts 88 220-223 2008, Bhattacharjee, Y. "Neuroscience - Shell shock revisited: Solving the puzzle of blast trauma" Science 319 406-408 2008, Billet, G., Giovangigli, V. and de Gassowski, G. "Impact of volume viscosity on a shock-hydrogen-bubble interaction" Combust. Theory Model. 12 221-248 2008, Bolme, C.A., McGrane, S.D., Moore, D.S., Whitley, V.H. and Funk, D.J. "Single shot Hugoniot of cyclohexane using a spatially resolved laser driven shock wave" Appl. Phys. Letts 93 191903 3 2008, Bolme, C.A. and Funk, D.J. "Ultrafast dynamic ellipsometry measurements of early time laser ablation of titanium thin films" Appl. Phys. A 92 761-766 2008, Boltachev, G.S., Volkov, N.B., Ivanov, V.V. and Paranin, S.N. "Dynamic compaction model for a granular medium" J. Appl. Mech. Tech. Phys. 49 336- 339 2008, Boltachev, G.S. and Volkov, N.B. "Analysis of the dynamic radial compaction of granular media" J. Appl. Mech. Tech. Phys. 49 1040-1046 2008, Bondar, M.P. "Grain size effect on the properties of materials under dynamic deformation" Combust. Explos. Shock Waves 44 365-369 2008, Borchers, A., Schmidt, T., Gartner, F. and Kreye, H. "High strain rate deformation microstructures of stainless steel 316L by cold spraying and explosive powder compaction" Appl. Phys. A 90 517-526 2008, Borg, J.P. and Vogler, T.J. "Mesoscale calculations of the dynamic behavior of a granular ceramic" Int. J. Solids Structures 45 1676-1696 2008, Borodziuk, S., Kasperczuk, A., Pisarczyk, T., Ullschmied, J., Krousky, E., Masek, K., Pfeifer, M., Rohlena, K., Skala, J. and Pisarczyk, P. "Reverse scheme of thin foil acceleration" Appl. Phys. Letts 93 101502 2008, Botta, O. "Extraterrestrial organic chemistry as recorded in carbonaceous chondrites" ACS Symp. Ser. 981 246-260 2008, Boudet, J.F., Amarouchene, Y. and Kellay, H. "Shock front width and structure in supersonic granular flows" Phys. Rev. Letts 101 254503 2008, Bouma, R.H.B., Boluijt, A.G., Verbeck, H.J. and van der Heijden, A.E.D.M. "On the impact testing of RDX crystals with different internal qualities" J. Appl. Phys. 103 093517 2008, Bourne, N.K., Bennett, K., Milne, A.M., MacDonald, S.A., Harrigan, J.J.
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