1. Editorial

   • Kazuyoshi Takayama

   Editorial Pages: 1 - 1

2. Unsteady drag on a sphere by shock wave loading

   • M. Sun
   • T. Saito
   • H. Tanno

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 9

3. Interferometric measurement of density in nonstationary shock wave reflection flow and comparison with CFD

   • A. F. P. Houwing
   • K. Takayama
   • H. Mitobe

   Original article Pages: 11 - 19

4. Abel inversion of axially-symmetric shock wave flows

   • A. F. P. Houwing
   • K. Takayama
   • M. J. Gaston

   Original article Pages: 21 - 28

5. A study of the interaction between two triple points

   • P. Xie
   • Z. Y. Han
   • K. Takayama

   Original article Pages: 29 - 36

6. The structure and evolution of a two-dimensional H₂/O₂/Ar cellular detonation

   • X. Y. Hu
   • D. L. Zhang
   • Z. L. Jiang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 37 - 44

7. On the origin of the double cellular structure of the detonation in gaseous nitromethane and its mixtures with oxygen

   • M.-O. Sturtzer
   • N. Lamoureux
   • H.-N. Presles

   Original article Pages: 45 - 51

8. Performance of a detonation driven shock tunnel

   • W. Zhao
   • Z. L. Jiang
   • K. Takayama

   Original article Pages: 53 - 59

9. Structure and stability of one-dimensional detonationsin ethylene-air mixtures

   • S. Yungster
   • K. Radhakrishnan

   Original article Pages: 61 - 72

10. Multiple pulsed hypersonic liquid diesel fuel jetsdriven by projectile impact

    • K. Pianthong
    • K. Takayama
    • M. Behnia

    Original article Pages: 73 - 82

11. An experimental study of the under-expanded swirling jet with secondary coaxial stream

    • K. H. Lee
    • T. Setoguchi
    • H. D. Kim

    Original article Pages: 83 - 92

12. Flow in near-critical fluids induced by shock and expansion waves

    • S. Schlamp
    • T. Rösgen

    Original article Pages: 93 - 101

13. Shock wave impacts on deforming panel, an application of fluid-structure interaction

    • J. Giordano
    • G. Jourdan
    • L. Houas

    Original article Pages: 103 - 110

14. Modeling and simulation of cavitation in hydraulic pipelines based on the thermodynamic and caloric properties of liquid and steam

    • A. Berg
    • U. Iben
    • J. Schmidt

    Original article Pages: 111 - 121

15. Real-time determination and controlof the laser-drilled holes depth

    • M. Stafe
    • C. Negutu
    • I. M. Popescu

    Technical note Pages: 123 - 126

16. Summary of the 24th International Symposium on Shock Waves

    • Zonglin Jiang

    Report Pages: 127 - 128

17. In memoriam Professor A. G. Gaydon F.R.S. (1911-2004)

    • Michael Nettleton

    Letter Pages: 129 - 129

18. In memoriam Professor Richard Douglas Archer (1925-2004)

    • Brian E. Milton

    Letter Pages: 131 - 132

19. In memoriam Dr. Werner Heilig (1933-2003)

    • Ozer Igra

    Letter Pages: 133 - 133

20. In memoriam Professor Ko Saito (1941-2004)

    • Tohru Koike

    Letter Pages: 135 - 135