摘要 |
A hydraulic chamber incorporating a nozzle capable of delivering a very high instantaneous pulsed dynamic jet in apparatus producing a shock wave in a relatively incompressible liquid is obtained when the effective locus of the shock wave is such that the pressure wave generated thereby is transmitted to build up rapidly and uniformly in a direction along the centerline of the nozzle. A suitable configuration for such chamber is a parabolic cissoid in which the locus of the shock wave is effectively at the focal point of the parabolic portion of such chamber thereby converting the resultant spherical waves into additive plane waves in the direction of the centerline of the nozzle opening. The shock wave employed in the apparatus can be produced by mechanical or electrical energy, or a combination thereof.
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