Impactful Times

Memories of 60 Years of Shock Wave Research at Sandia National Laboratories
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-81490-2
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 668 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 10234 g

Reihe: Shock Wave and High Pressure Phenomena

This book presents a history of shock compression science, including development of experimental, material modeling, and hydrodynamics code technologies over the past six decades at Sandia National Laboratories. The book is organized into a discussion of major accomplishments by decade with over 900 references, followed by a unique collection of 45 personal recollections detailing the trials, tribulations, and successes of building a world-class organization in the field. It explains some of the challenges researchers faced and the gratification they experienced when a discovery was made. Several visionary researchers made pioneering advances that integrated these three technologies into a cohesive capability to solve complex scientific and engineering problems. What approaches worked, which ones did not, and the applications of the research are described. Notable applications include the turret explosion aboard the USS Iowa and the Shoemaker-Levy comet impact on Jupiter.The personal anecdotes and recollections make for a fascinating account of building a world-renowned capability from meager beginnings.

This book will be inspiring to the expert, the non expert, and the early-career scientist. Undergraduate and graduate students in science and engineering who are contemplating different fields of study should find it especially compelling.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Asay, James R.

Sweeney, Mary Ann

Chhabildas, Lalit C.

Lawrence, R. Jeffery

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Geschichte der Physik
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Technische Thermodynamik
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technikgeschichte
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Kontinuumsmechanik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Mechanik Kontinuumsmechanik, Strömungslehre
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Künstliche Intelligenz
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Theoretische Physik, Mathematische Physik, Computerphysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.- Acknowledgments.- Part I Building Shock Wave Capabilities.- Introduction.- The 1950s - Origins.- The 1960s – Explosive Growth.- The 1970s – New Opportunities.- The 1980s – Heady Times.- The 1990s – Black Monday.- The 2000s – A New Millennium.- Looking to the Future.- Part II Memories of Shock Wave Research.- James A. Ang.- James R. Asay.- Melvin R. Baer.- Lynn M. Barker.- Mark B. Boslough.- Barry M. Butcher.- Albert J. Chabai.- Lalit C. Chhabildas.- Michael J. Desjarlais.- George E. Duvall (A Tribute by the Editors).- Michael D. Furnish.- Dennis E. Grady.- Robert A. Graham (Recollections of William J. Nellis and Tribute by the Editors).- Thomas A. Haill.- Clint A. Hall.- Dennis B. Hayes.- Walter Herrmann (in Memoriam by Orval E. Jones).- Eugene S. Hertel, Jr.- Roy (Red) Hollenbach.- James N. Johnson.- Orval E. Jones (A Tribute by the Editors).- Charles H. Karnes.- James E. Kennedy.- Marlin E. Kipp.- Marcus D. Knudson.- Carl H. Konrad.- R. Jeffery Lawrence.- Raymond W. Lemke.- C. Donald Lundergan.- Peter C. Lysne.- J. Michael McGlaun.- Steven T. Montgomery.- Bruno Morosin.- Darrell Munson.- Raymond P. Reed.- William D. Reinhart.- George A. Samara (in Memoriam by Alton D. Romig, Jr. and Robert A. Graham).- Karl W. Schuler.- Herbert J. Sutherland.- Samuel L. Thompson (A Tribute by J. Michael McClaun: An Enduring Nationwide Impact).- Wayne M. Trott.- Timothy G. Trucano.- Tracy J. Vogler.- Jack L. Wise.- Bibliography.- List of Acronyms.- Indices.- Index of Key Terms.- Index of Names of Individuals.