The roles of transverse waves in Mach reflection of detonation wave

Experiments were conducted with smoke foil techniques in a detonation tube to study the roles of transvers waves in Mach reflection of H-2/O-2/Ar detonation waves. We had observed changes of transverse tracks through Mach reflection and we had also observed that triple trajectory showing different shapes with the increase of wedge angle. The analyses showed the interaction between reflection wave and transverse wave deciding Mach reflection configurations and effecting the properties of transverse tracks after Mach reflection at different wedge angle.