No AccessStudy of the addition of a divergent nozzle to an expansion tube for increasing test timeIvett LeyvaIvett LeyvaCalifornia Inst. of Technology, Pasadena, CASearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:22 Aug 2012https://doi.org/10.2514/6.1994-2533SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookXLinked InRedditEmail About Previous chapter Next chapter FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee PDF for referencesCited byExpansion tube nozzle design using a parallel simplex algorithm14 December 2019 | Shock Waves, Vol. 30, No. 2Experimental Characterization of the LENS Expansion Tunnel Facility Including Blunt Body Surface HeatingAaron Dufrene, Matthew MacLean, Ronald Parker and Michael Holden14 June 2012Nozzle development for an expansion tunnel24 May 2010Prospects for a quiet hypervelocity shock-expansion tunnelJohn Erdos and Robert Bakos22 August 2012 What's Popular 25th Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference 20 June 1994 - 23 June 1994Colorado Springs,CO,U.S.A.https://doi.org/10.2514/6.1994-2533 Crossmark TopicsAerodynamicsAerospace SciencesAircraft EnginesComputational Fluid DynamicsFluid DynamicsFluid Flow PropertiesJet EnginesNozzlesPropulsion and PowerScramjetShock Waves KeywordsConvergent NozzlesShock TunnelsTotal Variation DiminishingNASA Langley Research CenterShock FrontConservation of MassVelocity ProfilesSpecific HeatShear StressPerfect GasDigital Topics Plasmadynamics and Lasers