Influence of Baffle Plate Geometry on Decay of Shock Waves Propagating in a Beamline.

Abstract

Dependency of geometries of baffle plates in a shock tube on the decay of shock waves was investigated to find an optimal design for acoustic delay lines (ADLs) in beamlines of a synchrotron radiation facility. Fabricating a thin orifice, a coned baffle plate, a diverging tube and a converging tube as a model of the ADL, we performed pressure measurement with piezo-pressure transducers by using a dedicated shock tube and two-dimensional flow visualization around the model by means of Schlieren photography. According to the results of pressure measurements, a theory of one-dimensional steady flow employed generally is not available for the coned baffle. The decay ratios defined by the strength of incident and transmitted shock waves clearly differ among the four types of the ADL models, although all of the models have the same aperture. These results suggest that non-steady phenomena observed by the Schlieren photography, such as shock wave reflection and diffraction, viscous flow behind shock waves, may be involved in shock wave decay through baffle plates.