Diffraction Peak Broadening Anisotropy of Shock Loaded Uranium

Analysis of angular dependences of the diffraction peak broadening observed in α-uranium in as-received state, after loading by converging spherical shock wave, low-speed uniaxial deformation, and annealing at 850°С has been presented in this work. Broadening anisotropy identical for all the states investigated has been demonstrated. The authors have attempted to explain the phenomena by Young’s modulus anisotropy of uranium or the crystallite orientation relative to the load applied under plastic deformation.

Propagation of a spherical wave in elastoplastic medium with complex equations of state

The propagation of a spherical wave in the soil is solved in an analytically inverse way for soils with more complex equations of state. The results are obtained to propagate a spherical shock wave in soil with a more complex equation of state for the shape change in the medium. The study shows that taking into account the nonlinear elastic shock waves of the annular stress leads to an increase compared to the elastic medium. Note that in using a complicated equation of state of the soil, a spherical shock wave propagates in the soil, behind the front of which, in the disturbance region, the medium is unloaded.