Nonstationary processes in starting strongly underexpanded jets

Results of the investigation of nonstationary efflux of argon by the electron-beam-sounding method are presented in [1]. Comparing the regularities obtained in that paper for the front motion of material during efflux from a nozzle with computations [2] for nonstationary expansion from a spherical source and the experimental results in [3] permitted clarification of the singularities of the influence of counter pressure and the temperature factor in jet expansion. The density distribution in nonstationary nitrogen and argon jets is obtained in this paper and study of the regularities of the front motion of the escaping gas is continued.