High-Pressure Shock Compression of Solids VIII: The Science and Technology of High-Velocity Impact (Shock Wave and High Pressure Phenomena)

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Light-Gas Gun Technology: A Historical Perspective.- Scaling and Designing Large-Bore Two-Stage High Velocity Guns.- The Coaxial Plasma Drag Accelerator.- Techniques to Launch Projectile Plates to Very High Velocities.- Sabot Designs for Launching Penetrators and Projectiles.- High-Speed Diagnostics for Ballistics and Explosive Studies.- Some Highlights in the History of High-Speed Photography and Photonics as Applied to Ballistics.- Ballistic Holography.- Time-Resolved Gauges for Measurements of Shock Waves in Solids.- Use of Pulsed Magnetic Fields for Quasi-Isentropic Compression Experiments.