Shock Waves - Top 10 Downloaded Articles 2023

We want to thank the authors of our most-downloaded articles in 2023, and highlight to our readers some of the most impactful research to have been published in the journal. We hope that you will find the articles interesting.

Operation characteristics of a disk-type rotating detonation engine, by K. Ishii, K. Ohno, H. Kawana, K. Kawasaki, A. K. Hayashi, N. Tsuboi

New insights into the pre-ignition behavior of methane behind reflected shock waves, by J. Caravaca-Vilchez, K. A. Heufer

A two-scale approach to widen a predictive blast propagation model around a hemicylindrical obstacle, by R. Gavart, S. Trélat, M.-O. Sturtzer, N. Chaumeix 

Selected topics from the 28th International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, Naples, Italy, June 19–24, 2022, by G. Ciccarelli

Detonation and shock-induced breakup characteristics of RP-2 liquid droplets, by S. Salauddin et al.

A comparison of explosively driven shock wave radius versus time scaling approaches, by M. J. Hargather, K. O. Winter, J. Kimberley, T. Wei

Design and characterization of the Sandia free-piston reflected shock tunnel, by K. P. Lynch et al.

Multiple elastic shock waves in cubic single crystals, by Q. Liu, Y. F. Xu, S. C. Hu, Y. X. Li, Y. Cai, S. N. Luo

Propagation characteristics of blast shock waves in low-pressure environment, by L. Chen, Z. Li, R. Chen, F. Lu

Flow acceleration in an RDRE with gradual chamber constriction, by M. Ross, J. Burr, Y. Desai, A. Batista, C. Lietz