The following techniques are used for experiments in the shock wave laboratory:

• Shock wave experiments with planar test arrangements (so-called flyer-plate) in the pressure range from 15 to approx. 200 GPa
• Shock wave experiments with cylindrical test arrangements (so-called flyer-tube), maximum pressures currently up to approx. 35 GPa
• explosive plating (also several sheets simultaneously on top of each other)
• tests of safety materials (e.g. textiles) or plate-shaped workpieces
• delamination of composite materials
• shockwave-induced crack propagation in rocks (e.g. during blasting work)
• Measurement technology for recording pressures and velocities

An overview of the shock wave methods developed and used can be found in the article 10 years of research in the Freiberg shock wave laboratory in the 2021 issue of Acamonta.