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The Bursting Pressure of Metal Diaphragms in Square Section Shock Tubes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

D. G. Edwards
D. G. Edwards*
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Surrey
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In several recent papers the bursting pressures of shock tube diaphragms of various sizes and materials have been presented either as discrete values or curves of bursting pressure against thickness. The lack of a unifying dimensionless presentation, however, restricts the general applicability of such results and it is the object of this work to present a suitable dimensionless strength parameter, and to outline a procedure which enables predictions to be made of the bursting pressure of ductile metal diaphragms in square-section shock tubes of any cross-sectional size, without performing bursting tests.

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Technical Notes
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 74 , Issue 709 , January 1970 , pp. 57 - 58
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1970 

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