Brief Report

Direct observation of shock-front formation of acoustic wave in a solid

A.A. Karabutov, V.T. Platonenko, O.V. Rudenko, V.A. Chupryna

Moscow University Physics Bulletin 1984. 39. N 3. P. 109

Article

Annotation

The process of nonlinear amplification of the curvature of the profile of an intense acoustic pulse and the formation of a shock wave in a solid is observed for the first time. A new method of measuring nonlinear elastic moduli is realized.

Authors

A.A. Karabutov, V.T. Platonenko, O.V. Rudenko, V.A. Chupryna
Department of General Physics and Wave Processes, Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119992, Russia

Issue 3, 1984

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