The publication of the fifth volume of the collection is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the department 0304 VNIIEF. This volume includes articles and reports written by department employees from 2008 to 2015. In November 2013, RFNC-VNIIEF celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding scientist, founder of the department L.V. Altshuler. This event was devoted to the seminar "Application of shock waves in high pressure physics" and the issue of a special issue of the journal "Atom," one of the articles of which is published in the publication. The content of articles united by the field of physics of high energy densities testifies to the diverse focus of the work. This is a study of detonation processes and parameters of the equations of state of explosives and their explosion products; wide-range equations of the state of gases and metals; a study of phase transformations in shock waves; shock-wave and quasi-isentropic compression of hydrogen and nitrogen isotopes; influence of shock wave loads on microstructure and mechanical properties of various metals; pulsed X-ray diffraction analysis of substances in dynamic experiments; microwave diagnostics of shock-wave and detonation processes, etc.