Liepmann, H. W. and Roshko, Anatol and Coles, Donald and Sturtevant, Bradford (1962) A 17-inch Diameter Shock Tube for Studies in Rarefied Gasdynamics. Review of Scientific Instruments, 33 (6). pp. 625-631. ISSN 0034-6748. doi:10.1063/1.1746625. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20130509-141109412
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Abstract
A shock tube for studying problems in rarefied gasdynamics is described. The motivation for operating at low density (to increase the length and time scales of certain interesting flows) and the effect of low density on the performance and design of the shock tube are discussed. In order to guarantee uniform and reproducible shock waves of moderate strength, the configuration of the tube is conventional. However, innovations are introduced (for example in the suspension, the pumping system, and the diaphragm loading and rupturing mechanism) to simplify the operation of the large facility. Care in the design of the tube as a vacuum system has resulted in a leak rate of less than 0.01 μ Hg per hour. A series of shakedown runs at relatively high pressures has shown, for example, that the reproducibility of a given shock Mach number is ±0.6%.
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| Additional Information: | © 1962 American Institute of Physics. Received February 27, 1962; and in final form, April 9, 1962. This work was carried out under the sponsorship of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The authors would like to acknowledge the contribution of the fine craftsmanship of Lewis Balthasar to the progress of the work. | ||||||||||||
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| Issue or Number: | 6 | ||||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1063/1.1746625 | ||||||||||||
| Record Number: | CaltechAUTHORS:20130509-141109412 | ||||||||||||
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| Official Citation: | A 17-Inch Diameter Shock Tube for Studies in Rarefied Gasdynamics H. W. Liepmann, Anatol Roshko, Donald Coles, and Bradford Sturtevant, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 33, 625 (1962), DOI:10.1063/1.1746625 | ||||||||||||
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| Deposited By: | Tony Diaz | ||||||||||||
| Deposited On: | 13 May 2013 18:23 | ||||||||||||
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