Upgrade of the X3 super-orbital expansion tube

Expansion tubes are important facilities for the study of high enthalpy hypersonic flows which avoid the non-equilibrium chemical and thermal effects associated with the flow stagnation intrinsic to reflected shock tunnels. X3 is one of the largest freepiston super-orbital expansion tube in the worl...

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Main Authors: Dann, A, Morgan, R, Gildfind, D, Jacobs, P, McGilvray, M, Zander, F
Format: Conference item
Published: Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society 2012