Energy dispersion in shocked materials

Shock waves typically impart significant energy to a solid material within a very short time interval. The energy input to the material is generally dissipated through different defect formations (point defects, line defects – dislocations, twins) in the crystal lattice, conformational changes within a polymer/chain-like material, phase transformations (solid-solid, solid-fluid), and chemical reactions (for multicomponent materials). Apart from these observable microstructural changes within the solid material, the material also demonstrates an increase in temperature, which depends not only on the lattice or molecular vibrations but also on electronic contributions. The presentation, built upon previously published work by the author, will demonstrate shocked responses on different classes of materials ranging from metals (FCC, BCC, HCP) with a periodic crystal structure to polymers (comprised of chain-like molecular conformations).