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Springer Shock Induced Transitions And Phase Structures In General Media V. 52 1993 Edition by J.E. Dunn
This volume focuses on the thermodynamics and mechanics of dynamic phase transitions and the consequent issues of rapid solidification liquification and vaporization. The articles investigate fundamental questions associated with phase stability metastability and the reaction kinetics which determine the phase or phases that are attainable. Principle researchers in physics mathematics metallurgy engineering and molecular dynamics present key experimental observations realistic modeling criteria insights gained from large scale computations in molecular dynamics and mathematical analyses of the resulting models. This book will be useful to physicists mechanicians and applied mathematicians alike. Table of contents : Nucleation kinetics and admissibility criteria for propagating phase boundaries.- On a combustion-like model for plastic strain localization.- Shear waves and phase transformations.- The Riemann problem for stystems of conservation laws of mixed type.- On the evolutionary condition for stationary plane waves in inert and reactive substances.- Dynamic effects in gradient theory for fluid mixtures.- Continuum limits of discrete gases II.- Nonequilibrium molecular dynamics.- Nonlinear stability and instability of overcompressive shock waves.- The dissipation topography associated with solutions to a Riemann problem involving elastic materials undergoing phase transitions.- Kinks versus shocks.- Shear strain localization in plastic deformations.