Make a shock tube. Have made one using propane air mixture using OTS components. Piping was most expensive part. If that test gives value to what you are trying to understand. Doug K On Sep 3, 2014 11:10 AM, "Monroe L. King Jr." <monroe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This might be a stupid idea but I wonder if you could use a blast wave > as a wind tunnel of sorts? Suppose you have your model and you set off a > detonation and used high speed photography to catch the shock wave > hitting your model. I wonder if you could get some useful information? > If it works it would be a cheaper way to get useful wind tunnel data. > > Monroe > >