Physics of shock waves and high-temperature hydrodynamic phenomena

The book discusses an extensive range of issues from various fields of physics, physical chemistry, astrophysics with which gas and hydrodynamics dealt. The basics of gas dynamics and the theory of shock waves are outlined, the theory of radiation transfer. The thermodynamic and optical properties of the substance at high temperatures and pressures, the kinetics of dissociation, ionization and other non-equilibrium processes, the phenomena associated with the radiation of light and the radiant heat exchange in the shock waves and in the explosions, the proliferation of shock waves in solids, etc. The authors of the monograph belongs to a large number of original works in the area under consideration of the science, which were reflected in the book.
A book will serve as a valuable practical manual for wide circles of physicists, mechanics and engineers involved in applied physics and new techniques. It will be useful to students and graduate students of relevant specialties, as well as to all physicists and mechanics wishing to get acquainted with the basics of science of shock waves