[AR] Re: Concussion Wind tunnel
- From: "Monroe L. King Jr." <monroe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 09:01:33 -0700
Well for a ducted rocket or ram jet project. I want to see here the
shock waves are forming to design the inlet to work at different
velocities.
It can be deduced by other means but I'm interested in actually seeing
the results. I work better when I can actually visualize what I'm
working on.
Monroe
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [AR] Re: Concussion Wind tunnel
> From: David Weinshenker <daze39@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, September 03, 2014 8:51 am
> To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> Monroe L. King Jr. wrote:
> > Schlieren photography
>
> Well, yeah, that's an example of the sort of "specialized optical
> system" I was envisioning: I remain curious regarding the larger
> point... assuming the success of such an imaging campaign, what
> is thereby revealed that would be of interest from an engineering
> point of view?
>
> (I recognize that capturing pretty pictures of
> schlieren-visualized shock wave effects is not
> an uninteresting act in itself, of course, but
> presumably there's some object to the exercise
> beyond the mere image?)
>
> Keeping a schlieren optical system correctly aligned
> while in proximity to an operating shock tube tunnel
> might be ... interesting! (At least electronic imaging
> -probably- makes life easier than some of the stories
> I've heard about the old high-speed film cameras...)
>
> -dave w
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