Redistribution of Transient Shock Waves Using Shock Dividers

The exhaust of a pulse-detonation combustor is characterised by the emission of a high-amplitude primary shock wave and a trailing transient supersonic jet. Attenuation of this shock wave is of importance to the development of pulse-detonation combustors for use in gas turbines. One method of attenuation is to diffuse and redistribute the energy of the shock wave through the use of a shock divider, which splits the leading shock into multiple...