**Wenhui Tang**

Wenhui Tang, Professor of National University of Defense Technology, China. He is director of the Accounting and Computational Physics Committee of Chinese Society of Nuclear Science, member of the Gas Dynamics Professional Committee, member of the High Pressure Physics Professional Committee of the Chinese Physical Society. He proposed the "Tang theory" for calculation of thermal conductivity of non-metallic crystals at high temperature and high pressure. He published more than 150 peer reviewed articles.

#### **Preface to "Dynamic Behavior of Materials"**

The dynamic behavior of materials is a field at the confluence of several scientific disciplines. The processes that occur when materials are subjected to rapid loads can differ significantly from those under static or quasi-static situations. The understanding of the dynamic behavior of materials involves the mechanics of high-strain-rate deformation (elastic, plastic, shock, and detonation waves) and the dynamic responses of materials (constitutive models, shear instabilities, microstructural evolutions, dynamic fractures, and chemical reactions).

This Special Issue on the "Dynamic Behavior of Materials" collected recent research findings on the dynamic behavior of various materials. A collection of fifteen peer-reviewed research articles were included in this Special Issue. The main topics covered include processing technology, state-of-the-art characterization, testing, theoretic modeling, and simulation. We hope that this Special Issue will be interesting for the academic community, and also hope that it will shed light on future research activities in this field.

> **Chuanting Wang, Yong He, Yuanfeng Zheng, Shuhai Zhang, and Wenhui Tang** *Editors*

*Editorial*

#### **Editorial for the Special Issue "Dynamic Behavior of Materials"**

**Chuanting Wang 1, Yuanfeng Zheng 2, Shuhai Zhang 3, Wenhui Tang 4 and Yong He 1,\***

