A spectroscopic study of the thermodynamic state of argon in a conical electromagnetic shock tube

Flow modes in shock tubes with electromagnetic driving sections

“…The mixing of driver and driven gases has since been amply confirmed in several cases (Cormack 1964, Barach and Mayes 1968, Thornton and Cambel 1964, but the cause of the instability is still obscure although several suggestions have been put forward. The front velocity in an electromagnetically driven shock tube attenuates very rapidly owing to the small mass of the ejected plasma from the discharge.…”