The production of hypersonic shock waves in an electrothermal diaphragm shock tube

The operation of a diaphragm shock tube of 5 cm inside diameter in which the driver gas is heated by the discharge of electrical energy ( ~ 10³ joules) is analyzed in detail. A technique is described for the measurement of the heated driver gas pressure and empirical relations are obtained which ena...

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Main Author: Phillips, Malvern Gordon Rutherford
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/35661