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A shock-tube study of the formation of stagnation parameters in N2O gas dynamic lasers

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The main regularities of the formation of conditions behind the reflected shock wave in a shock tube in presence of chemical reactions are studied. The dependence of the parameters of supersonic flows on the conditions at the nozzle inlet is discussed.

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  1. Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Institute of Radioengineering and Electronics, 103907, Moscow, USSR

    A. B. Britan, Yu. I. Grin, V. G. Testov & A. N. Khmelevskii

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Britan, A.B., Grin, Y.I., Testov, V.G. et al. A shock-tube study of the formation of stagnation parameters in N2O gas dynamic lasers. Experiments in Fluids 7, 241–247 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00198003

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