Shock wave interaction in a tee junction

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.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Year dc:date.issued

1969

Author dc:creator

• Johnson, Richard Rushby

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Stegen, R M

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22186

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/22186