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 (this opens in a new tab), 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 (this opens in a new tab), by J. Caravaca-Vilchez, K. A. Heufer

A two-scale approach to widen a predictive blast propagation model around a hemicylindrical obstacle (this opens in a new tab), 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 (this opens in a new tab), by G. Ciccarelli

Detonation and shock-induced breakup characteristics of RP-2 liquid droplets (this opens in a new tab), by S. Salauddin et al.

A comparison of explosively driven shock wave radius versus time scaling approaches (this opens in a new tab), by M. J. Hargather, K. O. Winter, J. Kimberley, T. Wei

Design and characterization of the Sandia free-piston reflected shock tunnel (this opens in a new tab), by K. P. Lynch et al.

Multiple elastic shock waves in cubic single crystals (this opens in a new tab), 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 (this opens in a new tab), by L. Chen, Z. Li, R. Chen, F. Lu

Flow acceleration in an RDRE with gradual chamber constriction (this opens in a new tab), by M. Ross, J. Burr, Y. Desai, A. Batista, C. Lietz