OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Shock Waves is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Methane ignition behind reflected shock waves as monitored via $$\hbox {CH}_{3}$$ and OH absorption	30
Effects of the dimensionless radius of an annulus on the detonation propagation characteristics in circular and non-circular rotating detonation engines	23
Topologies of flow and combustion in shock–flame interactions	22
Flow acceleration in an RDRE with gradual chamber constriction	19
Neuronal function spontaneously recovers in organotypic hippocampal slice cultures after repetitive exposure to occupational-level shock waves	17
Viscoelastic materials evaluated for blast-resistant designs	15
Blast and fragmentation modelling in urban environments using Rapid City Planner	14
Geometric stability of detonation propagation in curved channels	14
Soil-filled perimeter walls under blast	13
Time-resolved imaging of the cellular structure of methane and natural gas detonations	13
Acoustic measurements of laser-induced microshocks: time of arrival to yield estimations	12
Effects of thermal pretreatment and equivalence ratio on DME/$${\hbox {O}}_2$$/$${\hbox {O}}_3$$ detonations	10
Wall roughness effects on the supersonic flow over a circular cylinder	10
In memoriam Prof. Jiming Yang (1959–2021)	10
Dynamic shock wave investigations for an unsteady supersonic flow with a morphing bump over a flat plate	10
Detonation and shock-induced breakup characteristics of RP-2 liquid droplets	10
Study of unsteadiness due to 3-D shock–boundary layer interaction in flow over a square-faced protuberance	9
An experimental and kinetic modeling study of the autoignition of syngas mixtures behind reflected shock waves	9
Pulsed combustion of fuel–air mixture in a cavity above water surface: modeling and experiments	9
Experimental demonstration on detonation initiation by laser ignition and shock focusing in elliptical cavity	8
Secondary waves dynamics and their impact on detonation structure in rotating detonation combustors	8
Data-scarce surrogate modeling of shock-induced pore collapse process	8
Numerical analysis of the spark channel expansion in a high-pressure hydrogen–oxygen mixture and in nitrogen	8
Comparison of the convergence to steady-state solution with weighted-type finite-difference schemes for the Euler equations	7
Optical measurement of state variables associated with blast wave evolution	7

Continuous multifront detonation of kerosene–air mixture in an annular combustor with variations of its geometry	7
New insights into the pre-ignition behavior of methane behind reflected shock waves	6
Mach stem evolution in a confined multi-room	6
Correction: Experimental demonstration on detonation initiation by laser ignition and shock focusing in elliptical cavity	6
Blast wave kinematics: theory, experiments, and applications	6
Dynamic behaviour of YAG transparent ceramic under ramp wave and shock compression loading up to 20 GPa	6
Turbulence modeling of 3D high-speed flows with upstream-informed corrections	6
Measurement of detonation cell size in liquid ethanol and oxygen mixtures	5
Study on the factors influencing the interaction and coalescence of shock waves from multiple explosion sources in free field	5
Experimental and numerical investigation of shock wave-based methane pyrolysis for clean H$$_2$$ production	5
Combustion properties of a simple and efficient four-step model	5
Effect of methane addition to hydrogen–air mixtures on the transition to detonation due to shock wave focusing in a $$90^{\circ }$$ wedge	5
Micro-shock tube flow behavior at low Mach number	5
An explosively driven launcher capable of $$10\,\mathrm{km\,s}^{-1}$$ projectile velocities	5
Numerical simulation of shock-induced motion of a cuboidal solid body using the overset grid functionality of OpenFOAM	5
Experimental results for 25-mm and 51-mm rotating detonation rocket engine combustors	5
Single- and two-phase fluid droplet breakup in impulsively generated high-speed flow	5
The reflection and refraction of a curved shock front sliding over an air–water interface	5
Analysis of shock wave acceleration from normal detonation reflection	4
Correction to: Modelling of Mach reflections in internal axisymmetric steady supersonic flow	4
Application of the TV-HLL scheme to multidimensional ideal magnetohydrodynamic flows	4
Prediction model of peak overpressure in two-dimensional field of near-earth air blast shock wave	4
Detonation propagation through a diffuse-interface gas layer	4
Propagation characteristics of blast shock waves in low-pressure environment	4
Tall buildings damage in Beirut ammonium nitrate explosion	4
In memoriam Prof. Hans Grönig (1931–2021)	4
Three-dimensional full-field simulation of sonic boom emanating from complex geometries over buildings	4
Development of a steady detonation reactor with state-to-state thermochemical modeling	4
RDE research and development in Poland	4
Modelling of Mach reflections in internal axisymmetric steady supersonic flow	4
Flow characterization during the flame acceleration and transition-to-detonation process with solid obstacles and fluid jets	4
Spall strength measurements of epoxy resin with varying polyphenylene sulfone content cured at $$160\,^{\circ }\hbox {C}$$ and $$200\,^{\circ }\hbox {C}$$ temperature	4
Development of simple evaluation system for Hugoniot of polymethyl methacrylate	4
The simultaneous macroscopic and mesoscopic numerical simulation of metal spalling by using the fine-mesh finite element—smoothed particle hydrodynamics adaptive method	4