No 1, Vol. 3, 2001 
 

ENERGY ESTIMATIONS OF PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS UNDER THE ACTION OF A SPHERICALLY CONVERGING COMPRESSION WAVE

I.A. Brigadnov, A. B. Freidin, D.A. Indeitzev, N.F. Morozov, Yu.V. Petrov

Institute of Problems of Mechanical Engineering,
Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint-Petersburg, 199178

Abstract

A model for description of deformation processes initiated by phase transformations in a ball subjected to the action of a spherically converging compression wave of high power is proposed. Explanation for the effect of origination of a cavity in the center of a ball is given.

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