The book contains 24 selected, revised and thoroughly edited papers addressing various issues of propulsion physics written by world-known experts. The papers include critical analyses of previous studies and controversial aspects of novel propulsion concepts, new theoretical and experimental results and findings as well as numerous references to archival publications worldwide.

The book contains thirty-five papers selected from over 140 papers presented in the Flight Physics sessions at EUCASS 2013 in Munich, Germany. These papers were reviewed by experts, revised, and throughly edited to provide state of the art knowledge in their respective fields. The volume was prepared as a reference for research scientists and practicing engineers in the field of flight physics.

The contents of the book include recent worldwide accomplishments in fundamental and applied studies on combustion and detonations in gases, solids, sprays, and hybrid reactive media, as well as various hydrodynamic phenomena at extreme states of the matter.

This volume is a continuation of the series of books covering the research and development results presented at the biannual International Colloquia on Pulsed and Continuous Detonations (ICPCD) organized since 1998 and jointly sponsored by the U.S. Office of Naval Research and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research.