Converging shock wave in liquid hydrogen
Abstract
Converging shock waves in liquid hydrogen were generated by the 'spherical cumulation' method in which the mouse-trap principle is modified to suit a hemispherical geometry. A resistance transducer was used to measure continuously the wave velocity along the channel axis. It proved possible to obtain shock front velocities ranging from 20 to 22 km/sec with a pressure on the order of 210 kbar.
- Publication:
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Fizika Goreniia i Vzryva
- Pub Date:
- August 1975
- Bibcode:
- 1975FizGV..11..655S
- Keywords:
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- Hydraulic Shock;
- Liquid Hydrogen;
- Propagation Velocity;
- Shock Wave Propagation;
- Channel Flow;
- Compression Waves;
- Shock Fronts;
- Velocity Measurement;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer