Shock Waves, Explosions, and Detonations.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- List of Series Volumes -- Introduction -- Chapter I. Shock Waves Interactions -- The Study of Shock-Induced Signals and Coherent Effects in Solids by Molecular Dynamics -- Oblique Shock Waves in Two-Phase Flow -- Equilibrium Shock Wave Properties in Dusty and Clean Air -- Shock Waves in Water Induced by Focused Laser Radiation -- Ignition of Small Particles Behind Shock Waves -- Reflection of Shock Waves at Rigid Walls in Two-Phase Media -- Relaxation Phenomena in a Foamy Structure -- Chapter II. Blast Waves -- Self-Similar Blast Waves Incorporating Deflagrations of Variable Speed -- Analysis of Reactive Blast Waves Propagating Through Gaseous Mixtures with Spatially Distributed Chemical Energy -- On the Use of General Equations of State in Similarity Analysis of Flame-Driven Blast Waves -- Optical Interferometry of Spherical Shock Waves -- A Study of Explosive Shock Tubes -- The Taylor Instability of Contact Boundary Between Expanding Detonation Products and a Surrounding Gas -- Chapter III. Gaseous Detonations -- Properties of Detonation Waves in Hydrocarbon-Oxygen-Nitrogen Mixtures at High Initial Pressures -- Overdriven Gaseous Detonations -- Motion of Solid Bodies in Combustible Gas Mixtures -- Direct Initiation of Detonation in LNG/Air Clouds -- Influence of Walls on Pressure Behind Self-Sustained Expanding Cylindrical and Plane Detonations in Gases -- Kinetic Modelling of Ethane/Air Detonability -- Chapter IV. Heterogeneous Detonations -- Detonations Supported by Physical Explosions of Liquefied Gases -- Effect of Liquid Films on Detonation in a Gaseous Mixture -- Ignition of Aluminum Particles in a Gaseous Detonation -- A Model of Blast Waves Propagating in Coal Mines -- Multifront Combustion of Two-Phase Media.

Flame Propagation in Dust-Air Mixtures at Minimum Explosive Concentration -- Chemical Kinetics of Detonation in Some Organic Liquids -- Chapter V. Explosions in Solids -- Shock Induced Hot-Spot Formation and Subsequent Decomposition in Granular, Porous HNS Explosive -- Initiation of Detonations -- Shock Wave Predetonation Processes in Porous High Explosives -- Author Index.

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