Recent developments in microshell-tipped optical fibers as high-pressure shock detectors
Abstract
We describe ongoing development and characterization of Microshell-tipped optical fibers used as impact sensors. We observed a risetime of 15 ns when the probe is used to measure a detonation wave in PETN. We report successful development of two nondestructive tests, radiography and fluorescence, to check the integrity of the sensor. The sensor is now commercially available.
- Publication:
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Presented at the Am. Phys. Soc. Topical Conf. on Shock Waves in Condensed Matter
- Pub Date:
- 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985aps..meetR....M
- Keywords:
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- Detection;
- Fiber Optics;
- Optical Fibers;
- Photometers;
- Shock Waves;
- Streak Photography;
- Argon;
- Detonation;
- Fluorescence;
- Nondestructive Tests;
- Petn;
- Radiography;
- Shock Heating;
- Instrumentation and Photography