Strategies for obtaining long constant-pressure test times in shock tubes

Shock Waves

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 651-665

  Campbell, M F ^a   Parise, T ^b   Tulgestke, A M ^b   Spearrin, R M ^b   Davidson, D F ^b   Hanson, R K ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Driver gas tailoring; Driver insert; Long test time; Reflected shock; Shock tube; Staged driver gas filling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944318572     PISSN: 09381287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00193-015-0596-x     Document Type: Article

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