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Experimental studies have been performed on two-dimensional reactive blast waves in a diverging nozzle. Both blast and reaction wave loci have been measured and the results compared with numerical calculations.
With the inclusion of additional wedges into the channel reactive Mach reflections were generated and the subsequent interactions of these waves have been observed and modelled using a full chemistry scheme. The results are in excellent agreement and the technique shows great promise for the study of the coupling between chemistry and gas dynamics under conditions similar to those obtaining within a single cell of a gaseous detonation.
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Figura, E., Thomas, G.O. & Milne, A. Studies of reactive triple shock collision. Shock Waves 2, 203–209 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01414756
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01414756