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High Mach Number Scramjet Test Flows in the X3 Expansion Tube

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29th International Symposium on Shock Waves 1 (ISSW 2013)

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The University of Queensland (UQ) has two free-piston driven expansion tube facilities; X2 has a total length of 23 m and was originally commissioned in 1995 [1]; X3 is much longer at 62 m, and was commissioned in 2001 [2].

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  1. The Centre for Hypersonics, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia

    D. E. Gildfind, J. Sancho & R. G. Morgan

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  1. Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

    Riccardo Bonazza

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    Devesh Ranjan

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Gildfind, D.E., Sancho, J., Morgan, R.G. (2015). High Mach Number Scramjet Test Flows in the X3 Expansion Tube. In: Bonazza, R., Ranjan, D. (eds) 29th International Symposium on Shock Waves 1. ISSW 2013. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16835-7_58

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