Inventors:
John J. Lacey - Minnetonka MN
Assignee:
Fluidyne Engineering Corporation - Minneapolis MN
International Classification:
G01M 900
Abstract:
A free piston shock tube/tunnel having a mechanism for increasing the holding time, without correspondingly increasing viscous losses in which the shock tube/tunnel includes a diaphragm positioned in the area of connection between the compression tube and the shock tube and a selectively replaceable orifice insert positioned near the diaphragm in which the orifice insert has an opening with a diameter less than the internal diameter of the shock tube.