Second, Completely Revised and Extended Edition - Wiley-VCH Verlag,
Weinheim, 2007. 509 p.
This second edition of the classic on the thermochemistry of combustion now features five new chapters and updated coverage of significant recent developments in the field. Addressing both experimental as well as theoretical aspects, the book covers the thermochemical and combustion characteristics of all important types of energetic materials, such as explosives, propellants, and the new class of pyrolants, as well as related phenomena.
Foundations of Pyrodynamics
Thermochemistry of Combustion
Combustion Wave Propagation
Energetics of Propellants and Explosives
Combustion of Crystalline and Polymeric Materials
Combustion of Double-Base Propellants
Combustion of Composite Propellants
Combustion of CMDB Propellants
Combustion of Explosives
Formation of Energetic Pyrolants
Combustion Propagation of Pyrolants
Emission from Combustion Products
Transient Combustion of Propellants and Pyrolants
Rocket Thrust Modulation
Ducted Rocket Propulsion
This second edition of the classic on the thermochemistry of combustion now features five new chapters and updated coverage of significant recent developments in the field. Addressing both experimental as well as theoretical aspects, the book covers the thermochemical and combustion characteristics of all important types of energetic materials, such as explosives, propellants, and the new class of pyrolants, as well as related phenomena.
Foundations of Pyrodynamics
Thermochemistry of Combustion
Combustion Wave Propagation
Energetics of Propellants and Explosives
Combustion of Crystalline and Polymeric Materials
Combustion of Double-Base Propellants
Combustion of Composite Propellants
Combustion of CMDB Propellants
Combustion of Explosives
Formation of Energetic Pyrolants
Combustion Propagation of Pyrolants
Emission from Combustion Products
Transient Combustion of Propellants and Pyrolants
Rocket Thrust Modulation
Ducted Rocket Propulsion