Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter I. Gaseous Detonations -- Chronology of Early Research on Detonation Wave -- Detonability of Hydrocarbon Fuels in Air -- Detonation of Cryogenic Gaseous Hydrogen-Oxygen Mixtures -- Detonation Characteristics of Gaseous Methane-Oxygen-Nitrogen Mixturesat Extremely Elevated Initial Pressures -- Correlation between Chemical Kinetics and Detonation Structure for Gaseous Explosive Systems -- Influence of Tetrafluoromethane on Hydrogen-Oxygen-Argon Detonations -- Chapter II. Detonation: Initiation and Transmission -- Initiation of Hydrogen-Air Detonations by Turbulent Fluorine-Air Jets -- Detonation of Unconfined and Semiconfined Charges of Gaseous Mixtures -- Initiation of a Detonation Wave Due to Multistage Self-Ignition -- Critical Energy of Direct Detonation Initiation in Gaseous Mixtures -- Limit Criterion of Detonation in Circular Tubes -- Effects of a Negative Step of Fuel Concentration on Critical Diameter of Diffraction of a Detonation -- Oblique Detonation at Hypersonic Velocities -- Numerical Simulation of Layered Detonations -- Chapter III. Nonideal Detonations and Boundary Effects -- Photographic Study of the Structure and Propagation Mechanisms of Quasidetonations in Rough Tubes -- Calculation of the Velocity of Gaseous Detonation in a Rough Tube Based on Measurements of Shock Wave Attenuation -- Studies of the Mechanism of Detonation Propagation in Porous Structures -- Propagation of Gaseous Detonations over Liquid Layers -- Surface Detonations and Indirect Ignition Processes -- Detonation of Unconfined Large-Scale Fuel Spray-Air Clouds -- Chapter IV. Multiphase Detonations -- Lean Detonation Limit of Sensitized Kerosene Sprays in Air -- Explosive Decomposition of Hydrazine by Rapid Compression of a Gas Volume.

Detonation Structure of Corn Starch Particles-Oxygen Mixtures -- Influence of Dust Parameters on Detonation Velocity, Structure, and Limits -- Multiple Gauges for In Situ Measurements of Pressure and Particle Velocity in Condensed Materials -- Author Index.