Impulse from an electrically exploded etched cooper mesh
Abstract
An impulse simulation technique for radiation-induced material blowoff on layers internal to reentry body shell structures was explored. Etched copper mesh patterns were exploded with current from a capacitor discharge. Impulse intensities between 100 and 500 Pa.s (1000 and 5000 taps) were produced on a simulated shell structure which was separated from the mesh by a 1.25 mm (0.05 in.) air gap.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- March 1978
- Bibcode:
- 1978STIN...7832356D
- Keywords:
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- Copper;
- Electric Pulses;
- Explosions;
- Shells (Structural Forms);
- Surface Layers;
- Radiation Effects;
- Reentry Vehicles;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering