Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2013
Keywords
shock tube, area contraction, shockwave
Abstract
Numerical study into the effects of area contraction on shock tube performance has been reported in this paper. The shock tube is an important component of high speed fluid flow test facility was designed and built at the Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN). In the above mentioned facility, a small area contraction, in form of a bush, was placed adjacent to the diaphragm section to facilitate the diaphragm rupturing process when the pressure ratio across the diaphragm increases to a certain value. To investigate the effects of the small area contraction on facility performance, numerical simulations were conducted at different operating conditions (diaphragm pressure ratios P4/P1 of 10, 15, and 20). A two-dimensional time-accurate Navier-Stokes CFD solver was used to simulate the transient flow in the facility with and without area contraction. The numerical results show that the facility performance is influenced by area contraction in the diaphragm section. For instance, when operating the facility with area contraction using diaphragm pressure ratio (P4/P1) of 10, the shock wave strength and shock wave speed decrease by 18% and 8% respectively. 1.
Faculty
Faculty of Applied Science & Technology (FAST)
Journal
4th International Conference on Energy and Environment 2013 (ICEE2013)
Volume
16
Version
Publisher's version
Copyright
© IOP Publishing Ltd
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Original Publication Citation
Mohsen, A., Yusoff, M.Z. & Alfalahi, A (2013). The effects of area contraction on the performance of UNITEN's shock tube: Numerical study. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. 16. 10.1088/1755-1315/16/1/012111.
SOURCE Citation
Mohsen, Ali Mohammed Hussein; Yusoff, Mohd Zairol; and Alfalahi, Amir, "The Effects of Area Contraction on the Performance of UNITEN's Shock Tube: Numerical Study" (2013). Publications and Scholarship. 63.
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