Creation of Spherical Shock Wave in the Atmosphere by Using a Shock Tube

Abstract

The behavior of shock heated Argon expanding through a nozzle into the still atmosphere was investigated. It was found that any attempt to control or shape the emitted slug of hot gas to form a spherical bubble were unsuccessful, that a spherical weak shock propagated in front of the hot slug of gas, and that the flow was highly turbulent.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0756455

Entities

People

  • Edward F. Dawson
  • Prem K. Khosla
  • Samuel Lederman

Organizations

  • New York University Tandon School of Engineering

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Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Applied Mechanics
  • Contracts
  • Engineering
  • Flow
  • High Pressure
  • Hot Gases
  • Hot Wire
  • Light Sources
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • Military Research
  • New York
  • Security
  • Shock Tubes
  • Shock Waves
  • United States

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  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics