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An Investigation of a Double Diaphragm Shock Tube with a Detonable Buffer Gas

  • H. L. Gier and Thomas G. Jones
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Shock Tubes
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© 2019 University of Toronto Press, Toronto

© 2019 University of Toronto Press, Toronto

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Preface vii
  3. Contents xi
  4. Session I: Basic Flows
  5. Paul Vieille Lecture: Shock Tube Research, Past, Present and Future: A Critical Survey 3
  6. On the Discontinuities Produced by the Sudden Release of Compressed Gases 6
  7. Shock-Structure in Solids 11
  8. Measurements of Incident-Shock Test Time and Reflected Shock Pressure at Fully Turbulent Boundary-Layer Test Conditions 31
  9. Experimental Study of the Boundary Layer Effects on the Distribution of Flow Parameters behind a Shock Wave in a Shock Tube 60
  10. Some Unsteady and Non-Linear Effects in the Shock-Wave Reflection Problem 68
  11. Non-Reflected Shock Tunnel Test Times 80
  12. Flow Field behind a Shock Wave in a Low Pressure Test Gas 109
  13. Experimental Shock Tube Test Time - Turbulent Regime 126
  14. Session II: High-Performance Driving Techniques
  15. A Critique of High Performance Shock Tube Driving Techniques 143
  16. Experimental Study of Shock Attenuation in a 106 Joule Arc Heated Shock Tube Using Helium-Argon Mixtures as the Driver Gas 177
  17. An Imploding Trigger Technique for Improved Operation of Electric Arc Drivers 186
  18. Electrical Shock Tube Performance with Preheating of Downstream Gas 201
  19. Study of a Bypass Piston Shock Tube 213
  20. Two Developments with Free Piston Drivers 242
  21. "Slingshot" - An Advanced Aerodynamic Test Facility 259
  22. An Investigation of a Double Diaphragm Shock Tube with a Detonable Buffer Gas 272
  23. Session III: Explosive Drivers
  24. High Explosive Drivers for Shock Tubes 291
  25. Numerical Simulation of a High-Energy (Mach 120 to 40) Air- Shock Experiment 314
  26. Implosion-Driven Shock Tube 343
  27. Ames' High-Explosive Shock-Tube Facility 353
  28. Analysis and Performance of an Explosively Driven Shock Tube 366
  29. Description and Performance of a Conical Shock Tube Nuclear Air Blast Simulator 396
  30. A Collisional Treatment of the Reflection of an Imploding Hemispherical Shock Wave 410
  31. Strongly Ionizing High Explosive Shocks 432
  32. Session IV: Electromagnetic Shock Tubes
  33. Application of Electromagnetic Shock Tubes in the Study of Plasmas 445
  34. Spectroscopic Studies of Helium-Hydrogen Plasmas in the First Reflected Shock Region in an Electromagnetic T-Tube 446
  35. Experimental Study of High Mach Number Collisionless Shock Waves 463
  36. Shock Tube Flow Interaction with an Electromagnetic Field 475
  37. Interaction of an Incident Shock-Tube Flow with an Electromagnetic Field: Part II - Experiment 490
  38. Validity of the Local Thermal Equilibrium Assumption in Electromagnetic Shock Tubes 506
  39. A Parametric Study of the Current-Sheet Speed in a Magnetically Driven Shock Tube 517
  40. Magneto-Fluid Dynamic Studies in a Cesium Shock Tube 529
  41. Study of Ionizing Flow through a Transverse Magnetic Field 538
  42. Session V: Spectroscopy and Kinetics
  43. Spectroscopic and Kinetic Studies in Shock Tubes 550
  44. Vibrational Energy Transfer in the CO2-N2-H2O Molecular System 577
  45. Population Inversions in Shock-Induced Dissociation of Alkali Halides 591
  46. Infrared Measurement of Chain Branching Rates in Hydrogen-Oxygen Mixtures Ignited by Reflected Shock Waves 605
  47. Spectroscopic Study of Radiative Shock Structure in Hydrogen 620
  48. Precise Measurement of Rate Constant for the Reaction H + CO2 → OH + CO in the Temperature Range between 2000°K and 2700°K behind Reflected Shocks Using an Infrared Technique 626
  49. The Effect of NH2 Radicals on the Exchange Reaction between Ammonia and Deuterium 644
  50. Session VI: Diagnostics and Data
  51. Shock Tube Diagnostics, Instrumentation, and Fundamental Data 662
  52. Instrumentation for Measuring Flow Properties in an Explosively Driven Shock Tube 707
  53. Interferometric Study of the End-Wall Thermal Layer in Ionizing Argon 721
  54. Photographic Study of Early Stages of Vortex Formation behind an Edge 740
  55. Experimental Studies of the Shock Reflection and Interaction in a Shock Tube 751
  56. Temperature Measurements of Air Plasmas in the Reflected Shock Region 771
  57. Measurement of Electron Density behind Shock Waves by Free-Molecular Langmuir Probes 784
  58. Electric Ion-Collecting Probes Governed by Convection and Production 795
  59. Banquet Address
  60. Modern Trends in Science Policy 819
  61. Symposium Photographs 829
  62. Index of Authors 833
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487595876-018

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Preface vii
  3. Contents xi
  4. Session I: Basic Flows
  5. Paul Vieille Lecture: Shock Tube Research, Past, Present and Future: A Critical Survey 3
  6. On the Discontinuities Produced by the Sudden Release of Compressed Gases 6
  7. Shock-Structure in Solids 11
  8. Measurements of Incident-Shock Test Time and Reflected Shock Pressure at Fully Turbulent Boundary-Layer Test Conditions 31
  9. Experimental Study of the Boundary Layer Effects on the Distribution of Flow Parameters behind a Shock Wave in a Shock Tube 60
  10. Some Unsteady and Non-Linear Effects in the Shock-Wave Reflection Problem 68
  11. Non-Reflected Shock Tunnel Test Times 80
  12. Flow Field behind a Shock Wave in a Low Pressure Test Gas 109
  13. Experimental Shock Tube Test Time - Turbulent Regime 126
  14. Session II: High-Performance Driving Techniques
  15. A Critique of High Performance Shock Tube Driving Techniques 143
  16. Experimental Study of Shock Attenuation in a 106 Joule Arc Heated Shock Tube Using Helium-Argon Mixtures as the Driver Gas 177
  17. An Imploding Trigger Technique for Improved Operation of Electric Arc Drivers 186
  18. Electrical Shock Tube Performance with Preheating of Downstream Gas 201
  19. Study of a Bypass Piston Shock Tube 213
  20. Two Developments with Free Piston Drivers 242
  21. "Slingshot" - An Advanced Aerodynamic Test Facility 259
  22. An Investigation of a Double Diaphragm Shock Tube with a Detonable Buffer Gas 272
  23. Session III: Explosive Drivers
  24. High Explosive Drivers for Shock Tubes 291
  25. Numerical Simulation of a High-Energy (Mach 120 to 40) Air- Shock Experiment 314
  26. Implosion-Driven Shock Tube 343
  27. Ames' High-Explosive Shock-Tube Facility 353
  28. Analysis and Performance of an Explosively Driven Shock Tube 366
  29. Description and Performance of a Conical Shock Tube Nuclear Air Blast Simulator 396
  30. A Collisional Treatment of the Reflection of an Imploding Hemispherical Shock Wave 410
  31. Strongly Ionizing High Explosive Shocks 432
  32. Session IV: Electromagnetic Shock Tubes
  33. Application of Electromagnetic Shock Tubes in the Study of Plasmas 445
  34. Spectroscopic Studies of Helium-Hydrogen Plasmas in the First Reflected Shock Region in an Electromagnetic T-Tube 446
  35. Experimental Study of High Mach Number Collisionless Shock Waves 463
  36. Shock Tube Flow Interaction with an Electromagnetic Field 475
  37. Interaction of an Incident Shock-Tube Flow with an Electromagnetic Field: Part II - Experiment 490
  38. Validity of the Local Thermal Equilibrium Assumption in Electromagnetic Shock Tubes 506
  39. A Parametric Study of the Current-Sheet Speed in a Magnetically Driven Shock Tube 517
  40. Magneto-Fluid Dynamic Studies in a Cesium Shock Tube 529
  41. Study of Ionizing Flow through a Transverse Magnetic Field 538
  42. Session V: Spectroscopy and Kinetics
  43. Spectroscopic and Kinetic Studies in Shock Tubes 550
  44. Vibrational Energy Transfer in the CO2-N2-H2O Molecular System 577
  45. Population Inversions in Shock-Induced Dissociation of Alkali Halides 591
  46. Infrared Measurement of Chain Branching Rates in Hydrogen-Oxygen Mixtures Ignited by Reflected Shock Waves 605
  47. Spectroscopic Study of Radiative Shock Structure in Hydrogen 620
  48. Precise Measurement of Rate Constant for the Reaction H + CO2 → OH + CO in the Temperature Range between 2000°K and 2700°K behind Reflected Shocks Using an Infrared Technique 626
  49. The Effect of NH2 Radicals on the Exchange Reaction between Ammonia and Deuterium 644
  50. Session VI: Diagnostics and Data
  51. Shock Tube Diagnostics, Instrumentation, and Fundamental Data 662
  52. Instrumentation for Measuring Flow Properties in an Explosively Driven Shock Tube 707
  53. Interferometric Study of the End-Wall Thermal Layer in Ionizing Argon 721
  54. Photographic Study of Early Stages of Vortex Formation behind an Edge 740
  55. Experimental Studies of the Shock Reflection and Interaction in a Shock Tube 751
  56. Temperature Measurements of Air Plasmas in the Reflected Shock Region 771
  57. Measurement of Electron Density behind Shock Waves by Free-Molecular Langmuir Probes 784
  58. Electric Ion-Collecting Probes Governed by Convection and Production 795
  59. Banquet Address
  60. Modern Trends in Science Policy 819
  61. Symposium Photographs 829
  62. Index of Authors 833
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