A review of the literature on the subject of normal reflection of shock waves at the end of a shock tube is given and indicates that, although many of the phenomena which influence the motion of the reflected shock wave ...

The driver-reservoir technique, first proposed by Henshall et al, is of interest to shock tunnel users because of its promise of an increase in running time. The most usual form of termination of running time in the shock ...

Apart from some earlier experimental work by Henderson and Swalley, there does not appear to be available in the literature an analysis of the effects of small amounts of air contamination on the flow of helium in a ...