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Application of the cylinder-type driver tube staging valve for test time extension of shock tube
A cylinder-type driver tube staging valve is developed for the test time extension of a reflected-shock tube by delaying the expansion waves’ arrival...
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Accurate Compressible Flow Modelling of Liquid Shock Tube Problems
Studies and applications related to liquid shocks span over varied areas. This work intends to accurately model different liquid shock tube cases and...
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Numerical Analysis of Blast Behavior for Non-ideal Explosive ANFO in Shock-Tube Test
In an explosion test using a shock tube, the behavior of pressure waves can be reproduced with high reliability. However, the explosion in a shock...
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A simple, self-sufficient approach for the design of shock tube driver insert
Experimental data obtained in shock tubes, including ignition delay-time and species concentration profiles, are among the most significant...
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Study on the Propagation Law of Explosion Shock Waves in Closed Variable-Section Tube Under High-Pressure Environment
PurposeThe combination of high-pressure air and TNT in shock tubes can effectively simulate real nuclear explosions and conventional weapon explosion...
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Diaphragmless shock tube with multiple air-operated valves
In this study, a novel diaphragmless shock tube driven by a driver valve system consisting of multiple air-operated valves was developed. The novel...
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An experimental study of shock transmission from a detonation tube
An experimental evaluation of the transmission of shock waves from a detonating gas mixture in a 0.5-in-inner-diameter open-ended tube into an inert...
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Development of a vapor-based method for seeding alkali metals in shock tube facilities
This note presents a vapor-based seeding apparatus, named the external alkali seeding instrument (EASI), which is designed to introduce alkali metal...
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Flame image velocimetry: seedless characterization of post-reflected-shock velocities in a shock-tube
AbstractThe use of a laser-ignited expanding flame as a virtual particle for seedless velocimetry of a flammable mixture is described and...
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Research Activities at the Wisconsin Shock Tube Laboratory
The Wisconsin Shock Tube Laboratory was established in the late 1990s. In the intervening 25 years, research has been carried out to study the...
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Modeling and Simulation of a Shock Driving Gas Jet Laden with Dense Extinguishant Particles Through a Tube with a Tail Nozzle
In this study, we proposed a new concept of shock wave driving fire extinguishing system (SWDES), which works using a pulsed shock-induced...
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Shock wave diffraction in micro-shock tubes with sudden expansion
The present study investigates the shock wave propagation and diffraction characteristics in a micro-shock tube with sudden expansion and compares...
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Micro-shock tube flow behavior at low Mach number
Navier–Stokes computations are used to study the shock wave and contact surface propagation and the evolution of the distance between them (named hot...
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Numerical Simulations of an Interaction of a Blast Wave Produced from a Shock Tube with an Object Placed at Various Positions
The pressure blast wave generated by a shock tube was simulated using a computational fluid dynamics technique to investigate blast load due to...
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Study on Evolution of Droplet Breakup Under Shock Wave
In this paper, the evolution characteristics of droplet breakup under shock wave were studied. Based on the shock tube theory, the FLUENT was used to...
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Study on Attenuation Effect of Shock Wave Using Water Curtain
The shock wave attenuation test of water curtain was designed to simulate the blast wave through the shock wave generated by the tube. By analyzing...
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Modeling shock-wave strength near a partially opened diaphragm in a shock tube
A model for predicting shock strength in a shock tube with a partially opened diaphragm using discharge-coefficient theory is presented. The model...
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Pulse-burst tomographic PIV of an impulsively started cylinder wake in a shock tube
High-speed tomographic particle image velocimetry measurements are presented, describing flow development in cylinder wakes at Reynolds numbers from...
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Interaction of Shock Tube Generated Blast Wave with a Rectangular Object at Two Pressure Ratios: Numerical Simulations and Their Comparison
The generation of blast waves and their interaction with different objects is an essential topic of research recently to minimize damages and...