Localization of heat in the shock compressed matter and its application to materials processing

Abstract

Both the heterogeneous deformation and the localization of heat in the shock compressed materials are supported by in situ measurements and textural observations. Additional shock-induced radiation measurements on diamond powder aggregates confirm such a current aspect and the proposed model, namely the skin model, that allows us to estimate quantitatively both the amount of localized heat and the subsequent thermal diffusion process. The parameter, ratio of the skin thickness to the cube size or particle size, is a convenient, universal parameter to representthe shock state of powder and is independent of particle size but dependent on shock pressures. The skin temperatures are approximately constant and equal to the melting temperature. The shock processing, especially shock consolidation of powders, effectively utilizes these phenomena and can be designed based on the skin model.