High-Pressure Shock Compression of Solids IV: Response of Highly Porous Solids to Shock Loading (Shock Wave and High Pressure Phenomena)

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Much of the current interest in shock compression of porous solids stems from the desire to bond hard, refractory powders into strong and dense solids. However, while much is known about the effects of shock compression on monolithic materials, the unusual physical and chemical processes that take place when a porous medium is shocked have been little studied thus far. This volume -- with contributions by leading researchers in condensed matter physics, physical chemistry, metallurgy, mechanics, and materials science -- begins to address that gap. The focus is on heterogeneous deformation mechanisms, nonequilibrium thermodynamics, and chemical processes. The contributions discuss such topics as modeling the complex interplay of thermal, mechanical, and chemical processes; experimental data on pore collapse and their interpretation; and synthesis of new materials through shock-induced chemical reactions. By presenting not only the most recent results, but also the open questions that remain, these essays convey the excitement of developing a scientific basis for understanding shock compression of highly porous solids. Topics covered include > Shock Compression Science in Highly Porous Solids > Shock Loading of Porous High Explosives > Continuum Mixture Modeling of Reactive Porous Media > Two-Phase Media Model of Shock Compression with Chemical reaction > Constitutive Modeling of Shock-Induced Reactions in Powder Mixtures > Discrete-element Modeling of Shock Processes in Powders

High-Pressure Shock Compression of Solids VI (Shock Wave and High Pressure Phenomena)

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Both experimental and theoretical investigations make it clear that mesoscale materials, that is, materials at scales intermediate between atomic and bulk matter, do not always behave in ways predicted by conventional theories of shock compression. At these scales, shock waves interact with local material properties and microstructure to produce a hierarchy of dissipative structures, such as inelastic deformation fields, randomly distributed lattice defects, and residual stresses. A macroscopically steady planar shock wave is neither plane nor steady at the mesoscale. The chapters in this book examine the assumptions underlying our understanding of shock phenomena and present new measurements, calculations, and theories that challenge these assumptions. They address such questions as: - What are the experimental data on mesoscale effects of shocks, and what are the implications? - Can one formulate new mesoscale theories of shock dynamics? - How would new mesoscale theories affect our understanding of shock-induced phase transitions or fracture? - What new computational models will be needed for investigating mesoscale shocks?

Classic Papers in Shock Compression Science (Shock Wave and High Pressure Phenomena)

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This collection of classic papers in shock compression science makes available not only some of the most important classic papers on shock waves by Poisson, Rankine, Earnshaw, Riemann, and Hugoniot, which remain important references, but also some pathbreaking papers from the 1940s and 1950s on shocks in solids and fluids by such theorists as Bethe, and Weyl. Although their ideas and results remain of current interest, many of these papers have been hard to find, since the journals in which they were published are not available in many libraries. The editors have also translated papers written in French to make them accessible to a wider audience. This collection is thus not only a valuable historical resource but also a vital reference for those working in the field.

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invaluable reference.......2002-07-14

These papers form the foundation of modern propagation theory. Most are hard to find. This is a great idea to gather them in this invaluable reference book.

High Pressure Shock Compression of Solids II: Dynamic Fracture and Fragmentation (High Pressure Shock Compression of Condensed Matter)

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The chapters in this volume cover various aspects of fracture and fragmentation caused by shock waves interacting with solid materials. Each is by a leading researcher in the field and provides a fundamental review as well as an introduction to current research.

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The chapters in this volume cover all aspects of shock-compression science. Each is by a leading researcher in the field and provides a fundamental review as well as an introduction to current research. An extensive chronological bibliography and an annotated bibliography of the current literature will make this a particularly useful reference. Problems at the ends of the chapters enhance the usefulness of the book as a text. (A solutions manual is available from the editors)

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High-Pressure Shock Compression of Solids VI (Shock Wave and High Pressure Phenomena)

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Developments in experimental methods are providing an increasingly detailed understanding of shock compression phenomena on the bulk, intermediate, and molecular scales. This third volume in a series of reviews of the curent state of knowledge covers several diverse areas. The first group of chapters addresses fundamental physical and chemical aspects of the response of condensed matter to shock comression: equations of state, molecular-dynamic analysis, deformation of materials, spectroscopic methods. Two further chapters focus on a particular group of materials: ceramics. Another chapter discusses shock-induced reaction of condensed-phase explosives. And a final pair of chapters considers shock phenomena at low stresses from the point of view of continuum mechanics.

High-Pressure Shock Compression of Solids VIII: The Science and Technology of High-Velocity Impact (Shock Wave and High Pressure Phenomena)

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Research in the field of shock physics and ballistic impact has always been intimately tied to progress in development of facilities for accelerating projectiles to high velocity and instrumentation for recording impact phenomena. The chapters of this book, written by leading US and European experts, cover a broad range of topics and address researchers concerned with questions of material behaviour under impulsive loading and the equations of state of matter, as well as the design of suitable instrumentation such as gas guns and high-speed diagnostics. Applications include high-speed impact dynamics, the inner composition of planets, syntheses of new materials and materials processing. Among the more technologically oriented applications treated is the testing of the flight characteristics of aeroballistic models and the assessment of impacts in the aerospace industry.

Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 2001: Proceedings of the Conference of the American Physical Society, Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed ... 24-29, 2001 (AIP Conference Proceedings)

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This collection of 336 papers discusses recent research on the response of inert and energetic materials to high-pressure environments produced by rapid loading phenomena. This includes theoretical, computational (modeling/simulation) and experimental studies of inert and energetic materials, as well as ballistic and material synthesis studies and advances in experimental techniques. All papers have been peer-reviewed.

Shock Compression of Condensed Matter 1989: Proceedings of the American Physical Society Topical Conference Held Albuquerque Nm, August 14-17, 1989

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This collection of 298 papers discusses recent research on the response of inert and energetic materials to high-pressure environments produced by rapid loading phenomena. This includes theoretical, computational (modeling/simulation) and experimental studies of inert and energetic materials, as well as ballistic and material synthesis studies and experimental technique advances.

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A Masterpiece of Black Humor and Philosophy

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Following the twin trails of desire and depravity to a shocking, sadistic paradise - a garden in China where torture is practiced as an art form - a dissolute Frenchman discovers the true depths of degradation beyond his prior bourgeois imaginings. Entranced by a resolute Englishwoman whose capacity for debauchery knows no bounds, he capitulates to her every whim amid an ecstatic yet tormenting incursion of visions, scents, caresses, pleasures, horrors, and fantastic atrocities. The Torture Garden is exceptional for its detailed descriptions of sexual euphoria and exquisite torture, its political critique of government corruption and bureaucracy, and its revolutionary portrait of a woman - which challenges even contemporary models of feminine authority. This is one of the most truly original works ever imagined. Beyond providing richly poetic experience, it will stimulate anyone interested in the always-contemporary problem of the limits of experience and sensation. As part of the continuing struggle against censorship and especially self-censorship, it will remain a landmark in the fight against all that would suppress the creation of a far freer world. Written in 1899, this fabulously rare novel was once described as "the most sickening work of art of the 19th century."

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A Profound Masterpiece ..........2007-06-11

The story opens with a select group of elitist swine sitting down to a fancy supper. Many banal topics of conversation are broached with levity and mocking sarcasm, until the topic of murder comes up. Specifically, murder as an innate biological human need, much like procreation. I liked where this book was heading...

Our protagonist fancies himself a most vile and debauched jack-of-all-trades; actually, he is more of an imposter of all trades, and liar extraordinaire. However, while on a steam ship, en route to his next great scheme, he meets his match in Clara. A deep love blossoms between them, and our protagonist's heart, weakened by her purity and chastity, falls prey to her charms. But Clara is not as she appears, the chaste little cherry blossom, no, no, Clara can be likened to a great degree to Venus, in Masoch's Venus in Furs. So, mad, stricken with love, our protagonist confesses the sins of his life to Clara, and she comforts him, assuring him that his confession has not diminished her love for him. Subsequently, she, with the skill of a serpent, leads him astray into her world, a world where he will not only question the depth and breadth of his own depravity but his sanity as well. For Clara's soul is as black and consuming as a tar pit.

Political intrigue and hypocrisy abound, not to mention the ever-prevalent scathing view of humanity and its coarse, ignorant brutality, motivated by dogma and prejudice. And then there is the Garden...inspired by the ethereal beauty, our protagonist at this point in the story becomes quite poetic. The words are rich and romantic, and they mirror the duality of the story - the duality of mankind - the heavenly garden juxtaposed against an artistic milieu of horrific torture. Why is it that we cannot see the beauty of the world until we are stripped naked, face down at the bottom of the abyss with our heads shoved in our own bile? Maybe this story will shed some light.

As I mentioned, this is not the best presentation of the work, but, if you can get past the frustration of formatting issues and endless typos and grammatical errors, this is a story not to be missed, simply for its profound view on the brutal nature of humanity. Warning - the torture depicted in this book is quite gruesome, by 1899 standards anyway. Today's Saw and Hostel hack-and-slash movie generation will more than likely find it rather mild.

A Masterpiece of Black Humor and Philosophy.......2007-05-12

In little more than a century since its initial publication, this book has become even more horrifically relevent and pointed. Mirbeau's juxtapositions of beauty and horror keep the reader unsettled, but also support a philosophical rumination on the industrialization of warfare and violence, contrasted against the exquisite artistry of torture practiced in the lush, gorgeous garden of a Chinese bagnio. The casually inflicted horrors of modern warfare (which have increased a thousandfold since this work was penned) may very well be, as the author seems to assert, much more barbaric than the intimate agonies of torture practiced as an art. Those seeking pornographic diversion and other casual readers will be disappointed by the depth of this work and the ghastliness of its transgressions. With tortuous skill, Mirbeau peels back layers of subject matter to expose hypocrisy that is even greater today.

As a work of black humor, The Torture Garden served as a supreme inspiration to the late Michael O'Donoghue, whose gallows wit delighted readers of National Lampoon Magazine and viewers of old school Saturday Night Live. I have never read another novel remotely like this and can't recommend it highly enough to connoisseurs of subversive, visionary literature. This is not a book for the squeamish or those whose attention span has been crippled by mass media. This is a profound meditation on the nature of violence and beauty, as well as a castigation of the casual, disconnected mass-murder that has come to typify modern warfare. I would recommend the RE:search Press edition of this work for its careful editing and thoughtful illustrations.

This particular edition is full of errors, find a better version........2007-01-28

Aside from the topic of the book, this particular edition ('The New Traveller's Companion,' violent green cover), was riddled with grammatical errors, typographical errors. Don't buy this one, find another version.

As for the book, I was rivetted! But I like intense literature. I suppose this book is the most alarming thing I've read, but it contains insight into human existence, misanthropic and aesthetic. If you can face work like Lautreamont, Bataille, Ryu Murakami, or even films like Salo, it's for you. I would not recommend it to many people, though, particularly because its effectiveness is deeply conceptual. It uses various metaphors to equate typical opposites, love and death, good and evil, man and woman, into the same decadent event of life.

The heart of the matter.......2005-12-13

I deleted my previous review. First of all, I think it was too biased in favor of The Torture Garden when I have not even read that as intently or as intelligently as possible. This is because I obtained not the paperback, but the HTML form of the book, making it difficult for me to read intently and consistently, not to mention being distracted by the blinding radiation emanating from the monitor.

Yet amidst all these hardships, I read TTG within the span of only six hours, a very fast time considering the rests I had because of my teary eyes. I also read it in a short time because I decided to finish the novel within a single day to prevent further damage to my eyes.

Let me make things clear, though: first, it really was a page-turner, though I don't know if web pages have page-numbers; second, it was perverse. Yet in many depraved and sordid ideas lie the heart of the matter which is truth.This novel had a multitude of truth in it, albeit dark and depressing.

Mirbeau does not play around. At the first chapter the characters already talk about murder. Does it disturb? Definitely. Even with the speedy reading I was still disquieted by the truths that it exposed and professed. What is all the more disturbing as the novel proceeds, amidst its decadence and darkness, is the truth revealed that society is only a veiled form of evil. It simply is an organized form of chaos. What makes it even worse is that the destruction is not of the body, but of the soul, and it is not pronounced, but is insidious.

I can't say it's amazing though. I've read Of Mice and Men in a speedy binge, but it still had a greater effect on me. It definitely reflects truth, it definitely doesn't lie, but I think I was wrong to have given it five stars, or even four. A re-read would fix this up, though.

Henry does Dallas.......2005-05-12

Octave Mirbeau, The Torture Garden (RE/Search, 1899)

A new edition of a nineteenth-century classic of decadence is usually a good thing, right? The problem being that nineteenth-century classics of decadence often end up reading more like Henry James-- in his long-winded later years-- than actual decadence. The Torture Garden is redeemed in this respect only by being shorter than most.

While it cannot be argued that, along with its brevity, The Torture Garden was certainly one of the most explicit books of its time, that time is long past, and one has to ask the question of whether the book has any relevance at all to the modern reader. In most cases, the answer will be no. Today, The Torture Garden is going to appeal to an extremely select group of people-- those who both hunger for the explicit and have enough tolerance for the diction of nineteenth-century writing to be able to get the explicitness out of it.

Somewhere along the way during the twentieth century, fiction got a lot less heavy on the description and replaced what was missing with an emphasis on plot. Now, normally I'm the first person to rush into the breach, screaming about how awful an idea this usually is. It leads to things like Danielle Steel selling uncounted millions of novels that are not, one presumes, being used for their most appropriate purposes (e.g., lining cat pans). However, the parallel to this is that there had to be some sort of previous description-heavy movement, and it had to lead somewhere decadent enough that the literati felt the need to rebel against it. The previous remark about Henry James in his later years is quite an excellent example of where it had led-- bloated, flowery books that weren't really about anything, in any meaningful sense of the word. The Torture Garden is one of these, minus (thankfully) some of the bloat, and literally flowery. There is much breast-beating, a good deal of horror (in the beginning, anyway) at the thought of women showing their ankles in public, the common trope of a faraway country (in this case, China) being picked as a setting because no one really knew all that much about it, and a whole lot of description, but underneath, there's really nothing at all. Worse, Mirbeau seems to have decided to ignore such things as continuity (contrast, for example, the endless, intensely boring frame at the beginning of the novel with its final page, and wonder how the narrator got from point B to point A). To the reader of the modern pornographic novel, this will not be new. In fact, it's a mark that's branded the cheap, low-quality pornographic novel... well, seemingly at least since the turn of the twentieth century. **

Torture Garden: A Photographic Archive of the New Flesh (Torture Garden)

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Torture Garden: A Photographic Archive of the New Flesh (Torture Garden)

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The best-selling fetish photography collection, with over 350 original photographs and over 50 colour plates, a complete guide to the New Flesh.

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Bitter Fruit indeed.......2002-05-27

From virginal Eden to lascivious lavatory, this frightening photo-document exposes the moral corruption in its most vivid form. Consider yourselves warned!

Happy Halloween in Hell!.......2000-04-01

"Long live the new flesh!" This quote from David Cronenberg's cinematic playground of perversion, Videodrome, announces the theme of Torture Garden, the inimitable London nightclub established in 1990. We are not allowed to categorize it as simply a fetish club, because it is "multi-dimensional, ever evolving and mutating." One way to get a handle is to peruse the strict dress code on its website. Your look better be: burlesque, fantasy, theatrical, period costume, glamour, drag, alien, cyborg, cabaret, mutation, cybersex, fetish, SM, body art, rubber, leather, PVC, or uniforms. Sounds like the East Village on a Saturday night.

You take the Angel Tube to get to the current site of Torture Garden's monthly parties. You really do. These partygoers don't engage in much actual BDSM play, although there is some walkabout bondage. It's mainly a Stand and Model venue, a nightclub/dance scene. There's no room to swing a cane anyway. There's a floor show by some of the top out-there acts in the world. There are performance photos here of (among others) Miranda Sex Garden, the Genitorturers, Ron Athey, Medieval Magick, and Angel Grinders & Chainsaws, who use industrial equipment to send fountains of sparks gushing from the groins of troupe members.

The production package of Torture Garden, the book, is superb. Chaplin's candids capture the feverish ecstasy of a world where nothing is true and everything is permitted. They are brilliantly grouped and sequenced. Sivroni's mostly larger format portraits bring you face to face with folk in costumes far beyond fabulous, exuding the potency of their homemade personas. The Videodrome quote above is one of many at the bottom of every page. These provide a quick, painless introduction to the TG philosophy. A few favorites:

"...sadomasochism enjoys all the forms of religious piety - kneeling, praying, worshipping, sacrificing, invoking and punishing." -- Terence Sellers, The Correct Sadist

"The first duty of man is to become artificial." -- Oscar Wilde

"The body is both a pleasure palace and a torture chamber." -- Charles Levin, Body Invaders

"It's your body, play with it." -- Fakir Musafar, Modern Primitives

"Your body is a battleground." -- Barbara Kruger

At Torture Garden, the concept of costume is raised to extremes of creative imagination, transcendent otherness and disgusting repulsion. By the time you get through this volume, your own definitions of these categories will have been severely mangled. On one night a performer named Franko paraded through the crowd on crutches, accompanied by a nurse. He was nude except for syringes, catheters, rubber tubes and various medical receptacles containing various bodily fluids. On the same night, completely independently, a female partygoer appeared wearing a brassiere consisting of two plasma bags filling with her own blood.

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The Torture Garden follows up its first, club-based book with the sequel Body Probe, an anthology of interviews, features and images exploring the boundaries of the human body at the edge of the new millennium.

Contents include: David Cronenberg, Hermann Nitsch, Chapman Brothers, Orlan, Stelarc, Ron Athey, Della Grace, Nick Knight, Alex Binnie, plus alien abduction, sex in space, medical fetishism, robot art, mutation in fashion, self-made freaks, the cybernetic body and S/M art.

Body Probe confirms the Torture Garden's position at the cutting edge of the fetish, body art, and cyber technology scene. It contains over 100 black and white photographs, and over 50 full-colour plates.

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outer limits.......2004-04-27

a uniquely mind-opening work that deftly explores the "cutting edge" of severe anatomical explorations.

A forbidden work that surely upsets conservatives everywhere.

Blurring the lines between body, mind, and machine.......2001-04-23

This book contains interviews, essays, and art from some of the most cutting edge body artists, authors, and fringe culture critics from around the world. Stelarc, Franko B, Ron Athey, and Orlan all give their take on why they do what they do. Sex, cyborgs, freaks, and the eroticism of destruction are all examined. This is a book for those who think without boundaries. Only a few selections which drag or seem out of place keep this from being a 5 star work. For more content like this, also refer to 'Suture : The Arts Journal', edited by Jack Sargeant (also a contributor to this work).

not for the average customer.......2000-12-27

"Body Probe" goes beyond grotesque. This isn't about mere critiques of Stelarc's, Orlan's or Marina Abramovic's work. This isn't a book for the kind of people who'd wonder whether this is art or not, this isn't a book for the average reader. You have to seriously consider the human body as the most complex and beautiful art subject to enjoy this. You have to believe that the mutant flesh is about to become the next trend. After reading "Body Probe", you'll be sure the cyber culture is here for good and it has the most intimate ralationship with the flesh, an aesthetic revolution that has no turning back.

A Radical Exploration of the Body.......2000-06-02

Body Probe is an amazing collection of interviews and essays of radical performance art, s & m culture, cyborgs, and the films of David Cronenberg, among many other interesting things. The color and b/w pictures are well arranged. Stand-out features of the book include an interview with Mark van Saper, a leading fetish clothing designer, and an intriguing essay about sex in space, which includes some David Bowie lyrics. For those who dare to venture to the boundaries of free expression and the use of the body as an art form, then this book is highly recommended.

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The garden of tortures;
Octave Mirbeau
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Torture Garden

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Torture Garden
Octave Mirbeau
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Octave Mirbeau
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Octave Mirbeau
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