Advances in Combustion Science : In Honor of Ya. B. Zel'dovich.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Biography -- I. Flame Theory -- Chapter 1 Zel'dovich's Accomplishments in Combustion Science -- Chapter 2 Combustion Theory in the Post-Zel'dovich Period -- Chapter 3 Nonequilibrium Theory of Flame Propagation -- Chapter 4 Triple Flames as Agents for Restructuring of Diffusion Flames -- Chapter 5 Kinetic Foundation of Thermal Flame Theory -- II. Heterogeneous Combustion -- Chapter 6 Filtration Combustion -- Chapter 7 Metal Slurry Droplet and Spray Combustion -- Chapter 8 Flame Spread Across Condensed Combustibles -- Chapter 9 Phenomenon of Nonthermal Propagation of Flameand Nonlinear Chain Branching -- III. Unsteady and Cellular Combustion -- Chapter 10 Cellular Flame Patterns and Dynamics -- Chapter 11 Numerical Simulation of Unsteady Combustion -- Color Plates -- Chapter 12 Intrinsic Stability of Energetic Solids Burning under Thermal Radiation -- IV. Turbulent Combustion -- Chapter 13 Turbulent Combustion Modeling: Ignition and Initial Period of Propagation -- Chapter 14 Flame Curvature as a Determinant of Preferential Diffusion Effects in Premixed Turbulent Combustion -- Chapter 15 Gasdynamic Model of Turbulent Exothermic Fields in Explosions -- Color Plates -- Chapter 16 Combustion Theory and Conditional Moment Closure Modeling -- V. Explosions and Detonations -- Chapter 17 Nonequilibrium Phenomena in Combustion and Explosion -- Chapter 18 Initiation of Detonation by a Hypervelocity Projectile -- Chapter 19 Theory of Gaseous Detonations -- Chapter 20 Modern View of Gas Detonation Mechanisms -- Chapter 21 Zel'dovich Theory of Detonability Limits -- Author Index.

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