RESUME OF THE THEORY OF PLANE SHOCK AND ADIABATIC WAVES WITH APPLICATIONS TO THE THEORY OF THE SHOCK TUBE

Abstract

The theory of plane shock and adiabatic waves is presented in an easily derived manner together with sufficient background material to enable the novice in the field to grasp the fundamentals required for further study. The application of the basic theory to the shock tube as a research instrument is given together with some experimental results to illustrate the calculations. Certain conceptions of energy and its relation to the impulse in a shock wave are presented in a manner not used in the literature. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1950
Accession Number
AD0629328

Entities

People

  • C. W. Lampson

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Barometric Pressure
  • Blast
  • Blast Waves
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Explosives
  • Gages
  • Gases
  • High Pressure
  • Hot Gases
  • Hugoniot Equations
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Land Mines
  • Measurement
  • Potential Energy
  • Shock Tubes
  • Shock Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design