Modeling supersonic rarefied jets on experimental cluster at Novosibirsk State University

Abstract

A review of the experimental work carried out on the vacuum gas-dynamic stands of the Applied Physics Department of the Novosibirsk State University is presented. Creation of these stands meeting the world’s requirements and equipped with modern diagnostic methods was based on the background experience from the Institute of Thermophysics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences under the guidance of A.K. Rebrov. A brief description of the stands and the results of some studies is given. Despite the limited possibilities of the university environment, the use of compact laboratory vacuum stands provides large-scale studies in various areas of rarefied gas dynamics.