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A modified expansion-shock tube for nucleation and condensation studies in a supersaturated vapour is described. An analysis is made of the gas-dynamical properties of the new tube configuration and numerical simulations with the Random Choice Method are compared with experiments. It is shown that with the modified configuration one single nucleation pulse can be realized.
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Looijmans, K.N.H., Kriesels, P.C. & van Dongen, M.E.H. Gasdynamic aspects of a modified expansion-shock tube for nucleation and condensation studies. Experiments in Fluids 15, 61–64 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00195596
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