[AR] Re: Concussion Wind tunnel

  • From: David Weinshenker <daze39@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 08:24:26 -0700

doug knight wrote:
> 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.

Indeed - setting up meaningful instrumentation (as with any transient
supersonic experiment) is no doubt the complicated part of using such
a system for any observation of genuine interest.

What does high speed photography of visual effects related to
shock waves (doesn't one really want a specialized optical
system to visualize such things?) actually elucidate?

-dave w


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