Founded 1984 Area served Worldwide | Focus Shock Physics Members 400 | |
Type Professional Organization Method Conferences, Publications | ||
The Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter (SHOCK or SCCM) is a Unit of the American Physical Society (APS). The objective of the SCCM is the advancement and dissemination of knowledge on the physics of materials under dynamic high-pressure loading including shock physics, the effect of shock waves on materials, dynamic behavior of materials, and materials in extremes. Since its formation in 1984, the topical group has sponsored the Biennial International Conference of the APS Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter (SCCM) and awards the George E. Duvall Shock Compression Science Award.
While specific topics and session names are set for each Biennial SCCM Conference, frequent topics include:
Recently one-off focused sessions have been organized on topics such as:
The Topical Group publishes a series of Proceeds from the conferences, with the majority of proceedings published by the American Institute of Physics (1981, 1993 to 2011.) For the 2013 conference the proceeds was published by the Institute of Physics and was Open Access for the first time.