An equation of state relates pressure ( P ), volume ( V ), and temperature ( T ): ( f(P, V, T) = 0 ). In shock physics, the Rankine-Hugoniot relations connect initial and final states, yielding the – not a thermodynamic path but a locus of shocked states. Strength, quantified by the shear modulus ( G ) and yield stress ( Y ), determines how a material supports deviatoric stress. Under dynamic loading, strength elevates the measured Hugoniot pressure above the hydrostatic pressure by ( \frac23Y ) (uniaxial strain condition).
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– Preferred for geophysical materials: [ P = \frac3K_02 \left[ \left(\fracV_0V\right)^7/3 - \left(\fracV_0V\right)^5/3 \right] \left 1 + \frac34(K'_0 - 4) \left[ \left(\fracV_0V\right)^2/3 - 1 \right] \right ] An equation of state relates pressure ( P