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The Shock Tube Pressure Transducer: A description of the pressure transducer used in the shock tube at Northampton College

D.D. Glover B.E.M., A.R.Ae.S. (Chief Technician, Department of Aeronautics and Space Technology, Northampton College of Advanced Technology, London (proposed City University, London))

Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology

ISSN: 0002-2667

Article publication date: 1 July 1966

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Abstract

SHOCK tube measurement techniques require the use of instrumentation capable of sensing pressure variation across passing strong shock waves. The speed of shock wave passage along the shock tube is of the order of 6,000 to 7,000 ft./sec. while shock thickness is of the order of 0·1 in. This is calculated from the equation:—

Citation

Scibor‐Rylski, A. and Glover, D.D. (1966), "The Shock Tube Pressure Transducer: A description of the pressure transducer used in the shock tube at Northampton College", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 38 No. 7, pp. 11-15. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb034164

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