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The Decay of Perturbations of a Shock Wave Passing Through a Disturbed Interface

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An experimental study of the front of a refracted shock wave has been carried out in a shock tube. The refracted shock wave was generated by the shock passage through a sinusoidal discontinuous interface from a light to a heavy gas. To determine the amplitude of the refracted wave as a function of the wave travel path, Schlieren pictures were used. The decay of the amplitude was inversely proportional to the density ratio. After travelling a distance of 3λ, the refracted shock wave became plane.

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  1. The Krzhizhanovsky Power Engineering Institute (ENIN), Leninsky Prospect 19, Moscow, 117071, Russia

    A. Aleshin, S. Zaytsev & E. Lazareva

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  1. Centre Saint-Jérôme, IUSTI-MHEQ, Université de Provence, Case 321, F-13397, Marseille Cedex 20, France

    Raymond Brun  & Lucien Z. Dumitrescu  & 

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Aleshin, A., Zaytsev, S., Lazareva, E. (1995). The Decay of Perturbations of a Shock Wave Passing Through a Disturbed Interface. In: Brun, R., Dumitrescu, L.Z. (eds) Shock Waves @ Marseille IV. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79532-9_41

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