Blog posts

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2005 Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal fire

China Explosion Leaves Millions Without Water

Underwater explosion

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Underwater explosion

Tsunami

Shock wave focusing

http://authors.library.caltech.edu/2069/01/CATpof97.pdf
Shock wave focusing using geometrical shock dynamics

Perforation of aluminium foam core sandwich panels under impact loading—An experimental study

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Anisotropic dynamic damage and fragmentation of rock materials under explosive loading

The linked two of my studies can be used as references for Zhigang’s lecture on Instabilities.

(1) Catastrophic fracture

A very breif introduction to aspects of dynamic fracture mechanics.

Member American Academy of Mechanics

Visitor, M.I.T.-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.C. Berkeley, Stanford University, Cambridge University, Caltech, California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo, University of Virginia, Virginia Tech

Cited in widely recommended (as main reference) textbooks on Physics, Statics, Dynamics, Engineering Vibration