Kosing, Oliver E2018-12-192018-12-191998https://hdl.handle.net/10539/26234A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, Johanneaburg, in fulfilment of the requireroents for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.In this work a new high speed metal forming process is experimentally and theoretically investigated and discussed. The high speed metal forming is carried out in a liquid shock tube. The pressure energy of a liquid shock wave, which is generated non-explosively is used to form the metal workplace. (Abbreviation abstract).enThesis