Interaction of an Advancing Shock Front with a Concentrated Heat (Entropy) Source.

Abstract

The interaction of a reflected normal shock wave with a two dimensional filament of highly heated gas is experimentally investigated in a shock tube. The heated gaseous filament is created by the explosion of a fine gauge copper wire or an arc discharge between two needle electrodes in the drift flow of the incident shock wave. Transient measurements of the electrical parameters were made using a type of Park shunt and a voltage divider in conjunction with an oscilloscope. Interferometer and schlieren photographic records of the interaction phenomena are shown.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0725587

Entities

People

  • Roger Peter Hamernik

Organizations

  • Syracuse University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Electric Arcs
  • Electrodes
  • Explosions
  • Filaments
  • Interferometers
  • Measurement
  • Oscilloscopes
  • Shock
  • Shock Tubes
  • Shock Waves
  • Tubes
  • Two Dimensional
  • Voltage Dividers
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Plasma Physics.