EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE INTERACTION OF A SHOCK WAVE AND AN ELECTRIC ARC.
Abstract
A shock tube was assembled and instrumented to study a shock propagating along the interelectrode axis of an electric arc. Shock tube calculations were presented and compared with experimental data. Mach numbers were generally predicted within seven per cent. A graphical means of determining diaphragm score depths for given bursting pressures was displayed. An experimental model of the arc as an axi-symmetric, homogeneous plasma was used to relate the results of various investigations in gas dynamics to the shock-arc interaction. Shadowgraph pictures were attempted, but results were negative. Equations for the method of characteristics were developed. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0617949
Entities
People
- William Spencer Campbell
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology