Reflectivity and curvature of hypersonic shock waves at 1 atmosphere
- 1 October 1971
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
- Vol. 4 (10) , 1487-1492
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/4/10/305
Abstract
The reflectivity and curvature of a shock front moving into air at 1 atmosphere at velocities of up to Mach 10 are determined experimentally and the results compared with theory. It is found that whilst the reflectivity of the shock front is in good agreement with the expected values, the curvature is greater than that predicted at the highest Mach numbers.Keywords
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