Design and characterization of the Sandia free-piston reflected shock tunnel
Kyle P. Lynch, Tibor Grasser, Russell Spillers, Charles Glenn Eldrick Downing, Kyle Daniel, Elijah Jans, Sean P. Kearney, B. J. Morreale, Ross Wagnild, Justin L. Wagner
Topics & Concepts
Expansion tunnelPitot tubeShock tubeStagnation enthalpyPiston (optics)Aerospace engineeringMechanicsMach numberFreestreamPhysicsWind tunnelNozzleHypersonic speedShock (circulatory)Mechanical engineeringFlow (mathematics)Shock waveOpticsEngineeringTurbulenceInternal medicineReynolds numberWavefrontMedicineGas Dynamics and Kinetic TheoryLaser-Plasma Interactions and DiagnosticsComputational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics