A novel photonic analog-to-digital conversion scheme using Mach-Zehnder modulators (MZMs) with identical half-wave voltages and multiple comparators with improved bit resolution is proposed and demonstrated. Compared with the scheme using MZMs with geometrically scaled half-wave voltages, the proposed scheme has the advantage of using MZMs with identical half-wave voltages which simplify signif...

Dynamics of laser radiation – metal target interaction in water at 1064 nm by applying Mach-Zehnder interference technique was studied. The mechanism of generating the well developed regime of evaporation of a metal surface and a spherical shock wave in water is proposed. Critical intensities of the NIR for the well developed evaporation of silver and gold targets were determined. Dynamics of s...

An experimental investigation of the acoustical behaviour of a liner in a rectangular channel with grazing flow has been conducted. The liner consists of a ceramic structure of parallel square channels: 1mm by 1 mm in cross section, 65 mm in length, and a surface density of 400 channels/inch square. The channels are rigidly terminated, thus constituting a locally reacting structure. In the abse...

The evolution of large amplitude Tollmien-Schlichting waves in a supersonic boundary layer is investigated. Disturbances which have their wavenumber and frequency slowly varying in time and space are described using a phase equation type of approach. Unlike the incompressible case we nd that the initial bifurcation to a nite amplitude Tollmien-Schlichting wave is subcritical for most Mach numbe...

We examine the spatial temperature profile in the non-equilibrium relaxation region behind a stationary shock wave. The normal shock wave is established through a Mach reflection configuration from an opposing wedge arrangement for a hypervelocity air Mach 7.42 freestream. Schlieren images confirm that the shock configuration is steady and the location is repeatable. Emission spectroscopy is us...

This study describes a methodology and gives analyses to determine the steady propagation speed of a projectile fired into a gaseous mixture of fuel and oxidizer. For tractability, the steady supersonic flow of an inviscid calorically perfect ideal reacting gas with high activation energy over a symmetric double wedge, unconfined by a cowl, is considered. Propagation speeds are found which give...

The current work describes the effect of shock wave exposure on electroplated NiW thin films. films were deposited through electrodeposition process by varying bath temperatures (35°C and 70°C) at constant density 1A/dm2. exposed to waves with Mach numbers 1.13 2.33 using an in-house tube facility. as-deposited wave-exposed characterized XRD, FESEM, EDS, EIS reveal its structural mechanical pro...

A method of designing the body of a swept wing-body combination, to obtain favourable wing-body interferenoe at transonio speeds, has been investigated in free flight at zero lift. Models of four different bodies, in combination with identical wings swept back 55 degrees, were flown within the range of Mach numbers between 0.8 and l-5 at Reynolds numbers, based on wing chord, up to 10 million. ...

Supersonic channel airfoil design techniques have been shown to significantly reduce drag in high-speed flows over diamond shaped airfoils by Ruffin and colleagues. The effect of applying these techniques to a NACA 66-206 airfoil is presented. The design domain entails channel heights of 8-16.6% thickness-to-chord and speeds from Mach 1.5-3.0. Numerical simulations show an increase in the lift-...

Diffraction of a normal shock wave has been the subject of numerous studies, dating back work of Whitham [1]. A large number of the complex flow features present were highlighted in the well known work by Skews [2]. Fig. 1 shows the flow features behind a strong shock diffracting around a sharp corner. Skews showed that for angles greater than 75o the flow features become independent of the cor...