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Diaphragm
4
HighP
Detector
LowP
Driversection
(highpressure)
Drivensection
(lowpressure)
Laser
Basic concept:
High-pressure driver gas expands upon diaphragm opening, creating shock wave
1
HighP
Pressure
transducers
Detector
LowP
Driversection
(highpressure)
Drivensection
(lowpressure)
Reflectedshock
Laser
Basic concept:
High-pressure driver gas expands upon diaphragm opening creating shock wave
Diaphragm
1
HighP
Detector
LowP
Driversection
(highpressure)
Drivensection
(lowpressure)
Reflectedshock
Laser
1899: Vieille
(France) first
shock tube
constructed
1920
1940
1940s:
US/Canada/GB
mine safety,
shock-induced
explosions,
aerodynamics
1960
1980
2000
Primary uses
Astrophysics/
comets
Blast waves (e.g.
nuclear
explosions)
Chemical kinetics
Gasdynamics/
aerodynamics
Heat transfer
(radiation +
convection)
Spectroscopy
5
Vs
p1
T1
1
v1 = 0
p2
T2
2
v2
Incident shock
Vr
p5
T5
5
v5 = 0
Reflected shock
Boundary condition u5 = 0
determines the speed of the
reflected shock
All Region 5 conditions governed
by incident shock speed
See Gaydon and Hurle
7/5
5/3
P2/P1
10
50
10
50
2.95
6.56
2.87
6.34
P5/P2
4.95
7.12
8.00
4.22
5.54
6.00
2.62
9.31
3.42
13.4
1.76
2.28
2.29
1.94
2.37
2.40
3.82
5.37
6.00
2.92
3.72
4.00
2.82
3.11
3.50
2.17
2.31
2.50
WR/WS
0.423
0.351
0.333
0.589
0.517
0.500
100
10
P5/P1 (
100
10
T5/T1 (
P5/P1 (
T5/T1 (
P2/P1 (
P2/P1 (
6
MS
10
T2/T1 (
1
T2/T1 (
2
6
MS
10
Expansion
Wave
Contact
Surface
Time,t
Test
Time
Reflected
Shock
Incident
Shock
a2 a3
Position,x
Diaphragm
TestLocation
8
Expansion
Wave
Test
Time
Time,t
Contact
Surface
Reflected
Shock
Incident
Shock
Position,x
Diaphragm
TestLocation
9
2. Vibrational Relaxation
1 2
kx , x r re difference in nuclei spacing from equilibrium
2
1 k
, k spring constant; = fundamental frequency of vibration
2 m
u
i=5
i=4
i=3
i=2
i=1
i=0
Simple
Harmonic
Oscillator
1 e v / T
1
h hc
with v
characteristic vibrational temperature
k
k
R
ev / Tv average vibrational energy per molecule
e v 1
xi *
r
r
10
2. Vibrational Relaxation
Vibrational energy distribution function
(from Boltzmann statistics)
Ni *
ei v / T
xi *
1 e v / T
population, xi*
0.1
high T
0.01
T=300 K
1E-3
vibrational level, i
2. Vibrational Relaxation
V-T Energy Transfer
Ev
v/
Ev * Ttr Ev
t
Ev vibrational energy (e.g. per mole, unit mass, etc.)
Dependencies
Vibrational energy (Ev) changes at a rate proportional to deviation from the equilibrium value
(Ev*)
ZMP1,0 1 e v / T
2. Vibrational Relaxation
Vibrational Relaxation in Shock Tubes
Reflected Shock
T
T5
Incident Shock
T2
Ttrans
Tv
Faster relaxation time behind reflected shock
because temperatures are higher.
Note the equilibrium temperature is lower than the
vibrationally frozen temperature
t
Test mixture of HOs
starts out in vibrational
equilibrium (Region 1)
13
2. Vibrational Relaxation
Shock Tube Studies of Vibrational Relaxation
14
2. Vibrational Relaxation
Modern Experiments with Laser Diagnostics
Goal:
Experimental Strategy:
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2. Vibrational Relaxation
ETNA Experimental Setup
absorbance
Reflected
Shock Wave
Shock-Heated
Test Gas
Mixture
844 nm IR
Pump
MIRA Laser
211 nm UV
4th
Harmonic
Generator
2. Vibrational Relaxation
Envelope of
rovibronic lines
for a specific v
206 nm: v = 3
245 nm: v = 7
211 nm: v = 4
223 nm: v = 5
235 nm: v = 6
17
2. Landau-Teller Plot
1950K
1166K
O2 vibrational
relaxation
measurements
Current work in
close agreement with
classic studies (Millikan
and White (1963), but
with much lower scatter
Experiments with varying
O2 fraction
VT(O2-O2) and VT(O2-Ar)
3. Ignition Studies
1. Kinetics of branched chain reactions
2. Definition of ignition
3. Examples
20
HO2 +H
1 H 2 O2
initiation
H H 2O
2 OH H 2
propagation
OH O
3 H O2
OH H
4 O H 2
branching
termination
H
O
OH
6
8
,
,
wall
removal
OH O
H O2
Step 2:
H H 2O
OH H 2
Step 3:
OH H
O H 2
Step 4:
H H 2O
OH H 2
net:
H O2 3H 2
3H 2 H 2O 2 H !
Pressure [atm]
4% H2 / 2% O2 / Ar
1124 K, 3.1 atm
ign = 170 s
Pressure
3
2
1
ign = 170s
0
-100
100
Relative Emission
OH* emission
200
300
Time [s]
3.3. Examples
23
1000
2500K
1000K
625K
10atm
100
RCM
10
1
Unmodified
Stanford ST
0.1
n-Dodecane/Air
=1
0.01
1E-3
0.4
0.8
1.2
1.6
1000/T [1/K]
25
1000
2x Driver Extension
2500K
1000K
625K
10atm
100
10
RCM
Modified ST
Unmodified
Stanford ST
0.1
n-Dodecane/Air
=1
0.01
1E-3
0.4
0.8
1.2
1.6
1000/T [1/K]
26
dP/dt = 3%/ms
dT/dt = 1.2%/ms
VRS
P5
T5
27
VRS
P5
T5
28
1111K
1000K
= 0.5, 6 atm
Const. U,V
10
CHEMSHOCK
(dP/dt=1.5%/ms)
CHEMSHOCK
(dP/dt=12%/ms)
1
0.8
0.9
1000/T [1/K]
1.0
29
But:
30
Pressure [atm]
Measured
Sidewall P
3
2
Constant P
Model
ign
0
-100
100
200
300
400
500
600
Time [us]
Pressure [atm]
Constant V
Model
Measured
Sidewall P
3
2
Constant P
Model
ign
0
-100
100
200
300
400
500
600
Time [us]
32
33
Pre-Shock
Helium
Pre-Shock
Test Mixture
Helium
Post-IncidentShock
Shock
Post-Reflected
Reflected
Shock Wave
Non-Reactive Mix
TM
Post-IncidentShock
Shock
Post-Reflected
Large Region of
Energy Release
Small Region of
Energy Release
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Pressure [atm]
4%H2-2%O2-Ar
Normal Filling
979K, 3.44 atm
Pressure [atm]
Pressure
4% H2-2%O2-Ar
CRV = 4 cm
956K, 3.397 atm
Ignition
Pressure
Emission
Emission
0
0
0
Time [ms]
Time [ms]
35
1.5
0.4% C2H4/1.6% CO2, =0.3
1500
1.2
1400
Pressure [atm]
Temperature [K]
Pressure
Temperature
1300
JetSurF 2.0
1200
1100
0.9
Nonreactive
CRV
0.6
0.3
GRI-Mech 2.0
1000
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
Time [ms]
2.0
2.5
0.0
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
Time [ms]
tign (ms)
10
1000K
833K
714K
CRV Strategy
Conventional Filling
1
1-butanol/air
20 atm, = 1.0
-1
All data scaled by P
0.1
0.8
1.0
1.2
1000/T (1/K)
1.4