Handbook of Supersonic Aerodynamics. Section 18. Shock Tubes

Abstract

Contents: Performance of Simple Constant-Area Shock tubes; Observed flows in a constant-area shock tube; Production of strong shock waves; Application of the shock tube; Shock-tube materials; Design and Construction; and shock-tube.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1959
Accession Number
ADA280225

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  • I. I. Glass
  • J. G. Hall

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Heat Transfer
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Gages
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Telemetry Equipment
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Thermodynamics
  • Transducers

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  • Physics

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  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow