Аннотация:High-speed gas flow in shock tube with special discharge test section has been studied with four
visualization methods: Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV); high speed shadowgraphy recording with digital CCD cameras, particle tracing and; pulse discharge visualization method. The flow evolution was recorded for 12 ms after shock wave with Mach number range from M = 1,3 to M = 4,0 had passed by windows. Boundary layer transition on the walls was investigated with optical methods. It was shown that with the Mach number of the incident shock wave 3, a boundary layer is visualized 100 μs after the passage of the shock wave; a subsonic flow with a speed of 200m lasts up to 10 ms.