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Background Oriented Schlieren Method as an Optical Method to Study Shock Waves

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Background oriented schlieren method is applied in diagnostics of shock waves in air. The method can be used for visualization of shock waves that are generated after explosion or due to motion at ultrasonic speeds. Experimental data make it possible to observe propagation of a shock wave in space, estimate the asymmetry of energy liberation in explosion, and determine parameters of shock wave.

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  1. Russian Federal Nuclear Center, Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod oblast, 607190, Russia

    S. I. Gerasimov & N. A. Trepalov

  2. Sarov Physicotechnical Institute, National Nuclear Research University MIFI, Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod oblast, 607190, Russia

    S. I. Gerasimov

  3. National Nuclear Research University MIFI, Moscow, 115409, Russia

    S. I. Gerasimov

  4. Alekseev State Technical University, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950, Russia

    S. I. Gerasimov

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Original Russian Text © S.I. Gerasimov, N.A. Trepalov, 2017, published in Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2017, Vol. 87, No. 12, pp. 1802–1807.

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Gerasimov, S.I., Trepalov, N.A. Background Oriented Schlieren Method as an Optical Method to Study Shock Waves. Tech. Phys. 62, 1799–1804 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063784217120088

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