Gas Phase Detonation Literature

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There's a lot of it out there due to industrial process safety and PDE research, and it's quite relevant to combustion and hybrid guns. I recently found this gem, which provides an excellent overview of the topic.

Other useful papers:
Initiation of Gaseous Detonations

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The Gas Explosion handbook has a chapter on detionation, as well as lots of useful info on deflagration type explosions: http://www.gexcon.com//handbook/GEXHBcontents.htm
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