We report on simulations of laboratory experiments in which magnetized supersonic flows
are driven through a wire mesh. The goal of the study was to investigate the ability of such a
configuration to generate supersonic, MHD turbulence. We first report on the morphological
structures that develop in both magnetized and non-magnetized cases. We then analyze the flow
using a variety of statistical measures, including power spectra and probability distribution
functions of the density. Using these results we estimate the sonic mach number in the flows
downstream of the wire mesh. We find the initially hypersonic (Ms = 20) planar shock through
the wire mesh does lead to downstream turbulent conditions. However, in both magnetized
and non-magnetized cases, the resultant turbulence was marginally supersonic to transonic
(Ms ∼ 1), and highly anisotropic in structure.