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The Influence of the High-Pressure Part Length on Shock Waves Exiting from an Open Tube

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31st International Symposium on Shock Waves 1 (ISSW 2017)

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The influence of the length of the high-pressure part on the flow field generated by an open shock tube is experimentally investigated, in particular with respect to the so-called critical length of the driver section. The differences seen when operating the shock tube with drivers below or above the critical length are presented. It is found that for an operation with short drivers (at or below critical length), the outflow following the shock and the vortex ring is unsteady, but the influence on the leading shock and the vortex is minimal.

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  1. School of Engineering and Information Technology, University of New South Wales, Canberra, ACT, Australia

    C. Wilson & H. Kleine

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  1. Department of Aerospace Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

    Akihiro Sasoh

  2. Department of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan

    Toshiyuki Aoki

  3. Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan

    Masahide Katayama

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Wilson, C., Kleine, H. (2019). The Influence of the High-Pressure Part Length on Shock Waves Exiting from an Open Tube. In: Sasoh, A., Aoki, T., Katayama, M. (eds) 31st International Symposium on Shock Waves 1. ISSW 2017. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91020-8_143

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