dc.contributor.advisor | Bowersox, Rodney D. | |
dc.creator | Taylor, David Christopher | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-10-19T15:30:05Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-10-22T18:04:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-10-19T15:30:05Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-10-22T18:04:18Z | |
dc.date.created | 2012-08 | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-10-19 | |
dc.date.submitted | August 2012 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-08-11524 | |
dc.description.abstract | The feasibility and characterization of a novel diaphragmless shock tube was examined at the National Aerothermochemistry Laboratory at Texas A&M University. The goal was to design a facility that reliably produces shock waves through air in a repeatable manner sufficient for statistical analysis. The device is modular, automated, and compact. The proposed diaphragmless shock tube uses a shock wave generating mechanism that consists of a rotating door and locking cam-shaft system. The facility produced the desired driver gas pressures repeatedly to within 0.31% at low-duty-cycle of 6 seconds. The driven gas pressure profiles within the test-section suggest that shock waves may be forming within test section for a driver gas pressure of 200 psig and above, which corresponds to shock wave Mach numbers of 1.7 to 2.0. The measured wave speeds were within 3.1% of that predicted by ideal shock tube theory; however, the induced driven gas pressures within the constant pressure region were approximately half that expedited from ideal shock tube theory. | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.subject | Facility Development | en |
dc.subject | Shock Tube | en |
dc.subject | Aerospace Engineering | en |
dc.title | The Characterization and Feasibility of a Low-Duty-Cycle Diaphragmless Shock Tube | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
thesis.degree.department | Aerospace Engineering | en |
thesis.degree.discipline | Aerospace Engineering | en |
thesis.degree.grantor | Texas A&M University | en |
thesis.degree.name | Master of Science | en |
thesis.degree.level | Masters | en |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Reed, Helen L. | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | North, Simon W. | |
dc.type.genre | thesis | en |
dc.type.material | text | en |