Grid Turbulence and Its Interaction with a Shock Wave

Turbulent fluctuations of density and pressure in air and argon in a shock tube have been investigated as well as their interaction with a shock wave reflected from a perforated plate at the end of a shock tube. Air and argon were used as test gases. The Mach number of the incident shock was 1.9-3.9, that one of the reflected shock was 1.4-2.4. The turbulent length scale behind the incident shock was measured as well as that one behind the reflected shock. The last value is a few times less than the former. It was established that there is overpressure in the turbulent flow behind the reflected shock. The value of the overpressure is 12% in argon and 9% in air.