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On the Ultimate Strength of Condensed Matter

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This and an accompanying paper track a range of thresholds for the response of condensed matter under loading in compression, from the ambient state to the point at which the material bond strength is overcome and it becomes warm dense matter. The threshold considered here is the weak shock limit that differentiates weak- from strong shock dynamic loading. This work examines this threshold and shows a correlation with the theoretical strength of the material. The structure of the shock that evolves has steady and unsteady phases that sweep different regions in a target in differing manners. This is put in context with scale to show it as a transit to a hydrodynamic regime. Limits on the applicability of solid mechanics are discussed in relation to the mechanisms observed.

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  1. Centre for Matter under Extreme Conditions, The School of Materials, The University of Manchester, Manchester, U.K.

    Neil K. Bourne (Fellow of the American Physical Society, Director)

  2. Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0FA, U.K.

    Neil K. Bourne (Fellow of the American Physical Society, Director)

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Bourne, N.K. On the Ultimate Strength of Condensed Matter. Metall Mater Trans A 46, 4498–4505 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-014-2419-6

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