Shock wave interaction in a tee junction

Master Thesis

1969

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Johnson, Richard Rushby
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Stegen, R M
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University of Cape Town

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Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
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The problem was to determine the unsteady shock wave interaction at a tee junction, and to measure the transmitted shock strength. Two tee junctions of different cross-sectional shape were constructed, and instrumented with three piezoelectric pressure transducers and two hot wire anemometers. Tests were run in air for a Mach number range of 1.5 to 3.0, the different pressure ratios being obtained by varying the degree of vacuum in the driven section of the shock tube. A shock diffraction pattern for the tee is proposed and the transmitted shock strength is compared with the existing theories on shock diffraction around large corners.
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Johnson, R. 1969. Shock wave interaction in a tee junction. University of Cape Town.

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