Pulsed loading of objects during intense expansion of products of explosion of solid explosives (review)

Specific features of pulsed loading of objects during intense expansion of explosion products of solid explosives are considered. Parameters of the semi-empirical equation of state of explosion products in the density range that has not been adequately considered are given. Results of experimental investigations of reflection of unsteady shock waves from a rigid wall and their effect on thin targets are summarized. Processes that occur under moderate-intensity dynamic impacts on solid and porous media are described: multiple collisions of solids with rigid targets, shock-induced coalescence of nanodiamonds, and emission effects due to expansion of explosion products into an evacuated volume, air, and inert gas.