Ahhh thank you, never heard of a shock tube before. Interesting! May be useful in some experiments I'm working on. Monroe > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [AR] Re: Concussion Wind tunnel > From: doug knight <dougchar001@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: Wed, September 03, 2014 8:16 am > To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Make a shock tube. Have made one using propane air mixture using OTS > components. Piping was most expensive part. > > If that test gives value to what you are trying to understand. > > Doug K > On Sep 3, 2014 11:10 AM, "Monroe L. King Jr." <monroe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > This might be a stupid idea but I wonder if you could use a blast wave > > as a wind tunnel of sorts? Suppose you have your model and you set off a > > detonation and used high speed photography to catch the shock wave > > hitting your model. I wonder if you could get some useful information? > > If it works it would be a cheaper way to get useful wind tunnel data. > > > > Monroe > > > >