Comparison of methods for calculating the shock hugoniot of mixtures

Various methods used to determine the shock Hugoniot of condensed phase multi-component mixtures are reviewed and compared to available experimental data. The assumptions inherent in the different models are presented in this overview and their implications are discussed. The comparisons of the various models demonstrate that the predicted shock Hugoniots are in good agreement with published data despite the simplifying assumptions that are associated with the models. Averaging models are shown to be among the simplest methods to implement and result in the closest agreement with experimental data.