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INVESTIGATION OF SHOCK-ACCELERATED, UNSTABLE GAS CYLINDERS USING SIMULTANEOUS DENSITY-FIELD VISUALIZATION AND PIV

Conference ·
OSTI ID:975636

Simultaneous density and particle image velocimetry measurements are performed on a shock-accelerated, unstable cylinder of dense gas. Density-based instability growth estimates show good agreement with two-dimensional simulations by an adaptive-mesh Eulerian solver. However, a more rigorous comparison between the computational velocity field and the PIV data reveals significant differences between the fluctuating velocity magnitudes in the flowfields. Flow visualization results from a double-cylinder gas configuration, in which the unstable cylinders interact spanwise as they evolve, are also compared with a preliminary simulation.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE
OSTI ID:
975636
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-01-3802
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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