THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A CHEMICAL SHOCK TUBE.
Abstract
The design and construction of a chemical shock tube is described. The shock tube consists of a support structure, a dump tank, a driver section, and a driven section. The time delay between breakage of two diaphragms located on either side of the driver section is controlled by varying the response times of two pneumatically operated actuators. An air operated gate valve of a novel design is used to isolate the reacted gas in a small region of the driven section. A simple, inexpensive instrumentation system for measuring shock wave velocity is presented. Unique analytical-digital techniques used in the design are included in the appendices. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0818599
Entities
People
- August J. Caponecchi
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology