Accession Number:

AD0726652

Title:

A Cryogenic Shock Tube: Low Temperature Shock Waves in Molecular Hydrogen.

Descriptive Note:

Doctoral thesis,

Corporate Author:

MICHIGAN UNIV ANN ARBOR DEPT OF PHYSICS

Personal Author(s):

• Yoder,Marvel John
• Laporte,Otto

Report Date:

1971-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

143.0

Abstract:

A shock tube has been applied to the study of low temperature shock waves in molecular hydrogen and parahydrogen. The Rankine-Hugoniot shock equation, behaves nonclassically for normal hydrogen and parahydrogen. This is due to the change in the number of degrees of freedom across the shock caused by the excitation of the rotational energy states. The predicted Rankine-Hugoniot curves have been experimentally measured and confirmed. This was done by simultaneous measurement of the shock speed and the density ratio the latter by means of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with a laser light source. Pressure measurements also were made using a quartz piezoelectric transducer. Rotational relaxation times have been measured for normal hydrogen and parahydrogen. This has been accomplished using a high sensitivity schlieren optical system with a laser light source and a photomultiplier recording system. Author

Descriptors:

• (*SHOCK TUBES
• CRYOGENICS)
• (*HYDROGEN
• SHOCK WAVES)
• MOLECULAR PROPERTIES
• EQUATIONS OF MOTION
• TEST EQUIPMENT
• MODEL TESTS
• MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS
• PRESSURE
• THEORY
• TEST METHODS
• TEST EQUIPMENT
• THESES

Subject Categories:

• Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods
• Fluid Mechanics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE