EXPLOSIVELY DRIVEN SHOCK TUBES

Abstract

This report summarizes the analytical and experimental effort that demonstrates the feasibility of using an explosive driver to produce strong planar shock waves at constant velocity in air. Shock-tube performance using an explosive driver was experimentally investigated for initial test gas pressures ranging from 0.1 mm Hg to 1000 mm Hg. The best performance in terms of constant shock velocities was 46,900 ft/sec obtained in 1.0 mm Hg of air.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0803132

Entities

People

  • E. T. Moore Jr.

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Contracts
  • Detonation Waves
  • Diagrams
  • Explosives
  • Films
  • Flow
  • Gas Flow
  • Instrumentation
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Physics
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Shock Tunnels
  • Shock Waves
  • Standards
  • Transducers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.