Contents

Chronology of Early Research on Detonation Wave 3 Detonability of Hydrocarbon Fuels in Air 19 Detonation of Cryogenic Gaseous HydrogenOxygen Mixtures 37 Detonation Characteristics of Gaseous MethaneOxygenNitrogen Mixtures at Extremely Elevated Initial Pressures 56

Correlation between Chemical Kinetics and Detonation Structure for Gaseous Explosive Systems 63

Influence of Tetrafluoromethane on HydrogenOxygenArgon Detonations 77 Initiation and Transmission 89 Initiation of HydrogenAir Detonations by Turbulent FluorineAir Jets 91 Photographic Study of the Structure and Propagation Mechanisms of Quasidetonations in Rough Tubes 223

Calculation of the Velocity of Gaseous Detonation in a Rough Tube Based on Measurements of Shock Wave Attenuation 241

Studies of the Mechanism of Detonation Propagation in Porous Structures 256 Propagation of Gaseous Detonations over Liquid Layers 268 Surface Detonations and Indirect Ignition Processes 279 Chapter IV Multiphase Detonations 295 Detonation of Unconfined LargeScale Fuel SprayAir Clouds 297 Lean Detonation Limit of Sensitized Kerosene Sprays in Air 311

Detonation of Unconfined and Semiconfined Charges of Gaseous Mixtures 118 Initiation of a Detonation Wave Due to Multistage SelfIgnition 133 Critical Energy of Direct Detonation Initiation in Gaseous Mixtures 142 Limit Criterion of Detonation in Circular Tubes 156 Effects of a Negative Step of Fuel Concentration on Critical Diameter of Diffraction of a Detonation 170

Oblique Detonation at Hypersonic Velocities 187 Numerical Simulation of Layered Detonations 202 Chapter III Nonideal Detonations and Boundary Effects 221 Explosive Decomposition of Hydrazine by Rapid Compression of a Gas Volume 325 Detonation Structure of Corn Starch ParticlesOxygen Mixtures 342 Influence of Dust Parameters on Detonation Velocity Structure and Limits 356 Multiple Gauges for In Situ Measurements of Pressure and Particle Velocity in Condensed Materials 371

Author Index 383 PROGRESS IN ASTRONAUTICS AND AERONAUTICS SERIES VOLUMES 385 Copyright