Download or read book Physics of Shock Impact written by Dennis Grady and published by IOP Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physics of Shock and Impact is a two volume set of work that looks at the shock physics of solids and covers physical, material, mechanical and thermodynamic fundamentals. Volume 1, provides an introduction to the fundamentals of shockwave physics and progresses to the modes of shock failure through spall, fragmentation and shear localization.