Luigi T. DeLuca received his Ph.D. from Princeton University, USA, in 1976. He is currently a Visiting Professor at Nanjing University of Science & Technology, Nanjing, China. Ruth M. Doherty received her degrees in Chemistry at the University of Maryland (M.S in Organic Chemistry; Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry). After a long career in federal service, she is now a Senior Chemist at the Energetics Technology Center.

• Volume 1List of Contributors xiiiForeword xxiiiAbout the Editors xxvPreface xxviiAcknowledgement xxxvPart I Novel and Future Energetic Materials 11 Application of AI and ML to Novel Energetic Materials 3Ruth M. Doherty, Victor S. Abrukov, Zois Boukouvalas, Stephen S. Baek, and Raphael Terreux2 Smart Energetic Materials: Concepts, Principles, and Verifications 19Ruiqi Shen, Xiaowei Zang, and Wei Zhang3 Neural Networks in the Development of High-energy Materials Genome 57Victor S. Abrukov, Weiqiang Pang, Darya Anufrieva, and Daniil Sapyorov4 Problems and Approaches for Estimating the Enthalpy of Formation of Energetic Materials 89Thomas M. Klapötke, Amr Helmy, Jasmin T. Lechner, and Elena ReinhardtPart II Energetic Materials for Chemical Propulsion and Power Generation 1595 Investigation on the Combustion of Silicon as a Carbon-free Energy Carrier 161Volker Weiser, Stefan Kelzenberg, Sebastian Knapp, and Andreas Koleczko6 Combustion of Aluminum-based Reactive Materials: An Overview of Theoretical Developments 193Alain Esteve and Carole Rossi7 Stepwise Decomposition and Synergistic Oxidation Coupling in the Combustion Process of Magnesium Diboride Particles 225Daolun Liang, Weidong Zhong, Dekui Shen, Richen Lin, and Jianzhong Liu8 Advances and Applications of Functionalized Graphene in Metal Fuel Combustion: A Review 251Yue Jiang, Lijun Yang, and WeiQiang PangPart III Sensitivity of Energetic Materials 2739 Research Progress on the Physicochemical Mechanisms of Mechanical Sensitivity of Nitramine Crystals 275Hao-Rui Zhang and Qi-Long Yan10 Insights into the Impact Sensitivity of Cyclic Nitramines 303Svatopluk Zeman and Veerabhadragouda B. Patil11 Physics-aware Deep Learning Methods for Modeling Spatiotemporal Dynamics in Energetic Materials 331Stephen S. Baek, Joseph B. Choi, Xinlun Cheng, and H. S. UdaykumarVolume 2Part IV Solid Rocket Propulsion 36512 Metal Oxides Catalysis of AN/AP Modern Solid Propellants 367Alexander Gromov, Luwen Zhang, and Neel Kamal Gupta13 Novel Graphene-based and g-C3N4-based Combustion Catalysts for Solid Propellants 381Suhang Chen, Lianpeng Cui, Kui Tang, Jie Zhang, and Kangzhen Xu14 Ammonium Nitrate-based Cocrystals: Promising Oxidizers for Solid Rocket Propellants 413Djalal Trache, Amir Abdelaziz, Ahmed Fouzi Tarchoun, Yash Pal, Hani Boukeciat, Slimane Bekhouche, Mohammed Jouini, Nawel Matmat, Weiqiang Pang, and Luigi T. DeLuca15 On the Preliminary Particle Size Distribution Measurements in a New Installation that Reduces Inherent Bias 445Jouke Hijlkema, Quentin Levard, and Aurélie Jankowiak16 Opportunities and Challenges of a New UV-based 3D Printing Technique for Composite Solid Propellants 465Filippo Maggi, Stefania Carlotti, Alessandra Noemi Lucarno, Filippo Masseni, and Dario Giuseppe Pastrone17 A Model on Burn Rate Scaling for Solid Rocket Motor Performance Prediction 485Adriano Annovazzi, Emanuela Gizzi, and Barbara BettiPart V Hybrid Rocket Propulsion 50918 Metal-organic Hybrid Hypergolic Materials 511Shan Wang, Tian-Li Pu, Jing-Long Zhao, Xin-Yao Zhao, and Qian-You Wang19 Paraffin-based Fuels for Hybrid Propulsion: Metal Additives Versus 3D-printed Cellular Structures for Regression Rate Enhancement 541Christian Paravan, Federico Giambelli, Valerio Santolini, and Riccardo Bisin20 Surface Accumulation Layers (SALs) in Metallized Solid Fuel Propulsion 563James C. Thomas and Calvin Nguyen21 Hypergolic Propellants Based on Hydrogen Peroxide Oxidizer 601Jagadish Das, Amarveer Pratap Rana, Deepan Chowdhury, Bhaskara Rao Latchipatula, and Michael GozinPart VI Modern Computational Techniques 65522 A Numerical Study of Combustion Characteristics of an HTPB-based Propellant Under Rotational Sweep Flow 657Liu Xingyu, Wu Yan, Xue Haifeng, Li Yingkun, and Chen Xiong23 Accelerated Combustion Simulations of Hydrogen–Air Flames in the HYLON Swirled Injector in OpenFOAM 671Federico Ghioldi and Federico PiscagliaAcknowledgments 686References 686Index 689