Longshot Free-piston Cycle
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Author | : Kurt R. Enkenhus |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 80 |
Release | : 1968 |
ISBN-10 | : STANFORD:36105024186129 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Longshot Free-piston Cycle by : Kurt R. Enkenhus
Book excerpt: An approximate analytical solution is presented for the free-piston cycle in the VKI Longshot Hypersonic Tunnel. The Longshot differs from a conventional gun tunnel in that a heavy piston is used to compress the nitrogen test gas, which is then trapped at the end of the barrel at very high pressure by the closing of a system of check valves as the piston rebounds. Real gas effects are accounted for by assuming that the nitrogen behaves as a Van der Waals gas with variable specific heats. (Author).