Reflection of a plane shock wave from a slit
Abstract
Laser shadow photography was used in a shock-tube visualization study of a plane shock wave reflected from a slit. The working gases were air and Freon 14, and the Mach number of the incident shock wave was in the 2-3 range. An intense interaction between the reflected wave and the walls of the slit was observed. This interaction could lead to the disappearance of the rectilinear part of this wave, thus reducing the load experienced by the body during this type of reflection.
- Publication:
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TsAGI Uchenye Zapiski
- Pub Date:
- 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985ZaTsA..16...98S
- Keywords:
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- Plane Waves;
- Reflected Waves;
- Shock Wave Propagation;
- Slits;
- Air Flow;
- Flow Geometry;
- Freon;
- Shadowgraph Photography;
- Shock Tubes;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer