Experimental Study of the Shock Waves Produced by Condenser Discharge in a Gas Tube (thesis); ETUDE EXPERIMENTALE DES ONDES DE CHOC PRODUITES PAR DECHARGES D'UN CONDENSATEUR DANS UN TUBE A GAZ (thesis)
The shock waves Droduced by condenser discharge in a gas tube were investigated. The study was limited to wave velocities less than five times the speed of sound, propagated in gas at low pressure (several mm Hg). A method was designed and perfected for the detection of the shock waves that are insufficiently rapid to produce gas ionization. This method consisted of the creation of an autonomous plasma, before the arrival of the wave, which was then modified by the wave passage. two methods were used for the detection of phenomena accompanying the passage of the shock waves, an optical method and a radioelectric method. The qualitative study of the modifications produced on the wave passage showed the remarkable correlation existing between the results obtained by the two methods. The experimental results on the propagation laws for shock waves in a low-diameter tube agreed with theory. The variations of the coefficient oi recombination were determined as a iunction of the electron temperature, and the results were in good agreement with the Bates theory. It was shown that the electron gas of the plasma had the same increase of density as a neutral gas during the passage of a shock wave. The variations of the frequency of electron collisions on passage of the shock wave could be explained by considering the electron--ion collisions with respect to electron-- atom collisions. (J.S.R.)
- Research Organization:
- Paris. Universite
- NSA Number:
- NSA-18-020629
- OSTI ID:
- 4012132
- Report Number(s):
- NP-13850
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-64
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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