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One-dimensional expansion waves in 4 different shock tube driver geometries are investigated and compared. These are the plane wave in a straight tube and its reflection from a co-planar wall, the cylindrical wave in a wedge shaped duct and the spherical wave in a cone. Characteristics and pressure histories are computed for all cases. Pressure measurements in truncated cones are presented to check the predicted pressure histories for the spherical wave.
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Peters, F., Meyer, K.A.J. & Hollinderbäumer, E. One-dimensional expansion waves in gasdynamic shock tubes. Acta Mechanica 92, 117–128 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01174170
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01174170