A qualitative theory of an electric discharge method for visualizing three dimensional shock shapes around hypersonic models was established by considering the relation among the radiation intensity from the electric discharge, the excitation function vs. electron energies, and the gas molecular number density. By establishing the qualitative theory of the visualization, it was found there exists the most suitable experimental condition for visualizing shock shapes. Three dimensional shock shapes have been visualized successfully by utilizing the knowledge.
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