- Shock-wave propagation in condensed matter
- Dynamic deformation and fracture including spall and penetration
- Shock-induced structural instability, turbulence and fragmentation of solids
- Shock-induced phase transformations in solids
- Creation of materials with nanostructure
- Dynamic compaction of amorphous powders
- Development of new test techniques
- Modeling of multiscale shock-wave processes in solids