The relation between the shock-induced free-surface velocity and the postshock specific volume of solids

Abstract
The release of solids from a state of shock compression at a free surface is examined. For isentropic release, the postshock specific volume V0 is shown to be constrained by V0? (UfsUp)2/P1+V1, where (P1,V1) is the pressure‐volume Hugoniot state of shock compression and Ufs and Up are the free‐surface and shock particle velocities, respectively. When a sudden phase change occurs during the release process, this lower bound is increased, subject to simplifying assumptions about the phase transition.

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