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Gaseous Detonation Physics and Its Universal Framework Theory

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Detonation is one of the most distinguished phenomena in gas dynamics, and it is characterized by nonlinearity, strong discontinuity and the tight coupling of chemical reaction and shock wave. A detonation wave is a supersonic combustion wave across which the pressure and temperature of combustion products increase sharply. Since the phenomenon of detonation was first observed scientifically over one hundred years ago, there have been numerous studies on detonations, from fundamental physics to application technologies, such as severe explosion prevention, supernovas in astrophysics, and for military purposes. Detonation has been “applied” for military and mining and observed in nature but was not well understood. In the last two decades, detonation applications in aerospace propulsion and high-enthalpy shock tunnels have attracted worldwide attention. In this chapter, the origin and current understanding of gaseous detonation are briefly reviewed at first, and then, a description of the critical issues in detonation research is given, which will be further discussed in the following chapters of this book.

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Jiang, Z., Teng, H. (2022). Introduction. In: Gaseous Detonation Physics and Its Universal Framework Theory. Shock Wave and High Pressure Phenomena. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7002-3_1

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