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An experiment on imploding conical shock waves

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Over the past decade and a half there have been a number of numerical studies of the reflection of oblique axisymmetric shock waves from the axis of symmetry. Many of these have shown a complex Mach reflection pattern together with a strong toroidal vortex which significantly distorts the Mach disk. This geometry has never been captured experimentally. This note describes a special rig for the generation of strong imploding conical shocks, and presents photographs of the predicted reflection pattern.

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  1. School of Mechanical Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, PO WITS, 2050 Johannesburg, South Africa , , , , , , ZA

    B.W. Skews, N. Menon & M. Bredin

  2. Shock Wave Research Center, Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan , , , , , , JP

    E.V. Timofeev

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  1. B.W. Skews
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Received 4 October 2001 / Accepted 13 November 2001

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Skews, B., Menon, N., Bredin, M. et al. An experiment on imploding conical shock waves. Shock Waves 11, 323–326 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001930100115

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