[AR] Re: Concussion Wind tunnel
- From: "Monroe L. King Jr." <monroe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 08:28:46 -0700
Schlieren photography
Monroe
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [AR] Re: Concussion Wind tunnel
> From: David Weinshenker <daze39@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, September 03, 2014 8:24 am
> To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>
> 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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