A PORTABLE, BLAST-CONTAINED, EXPLOSIVE LIGHT SOURCE FOR HIGH-SPEED SHADOWGRAPHS

Abstract

An explosive light source for shadowgraph use is described which employs a preassembled selfcapping light bomb contained in a portable bomb chamber and overpressure housing. Its use is discussed in terms of an actual test, that of microsecond exposure shadowgraphs of a supersonic air flow through a 2-dimensional glass-walled nozzle. Test results are presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 21, 1962
Accession Number
AD0273560

Entities

People

  • Rolland Gallup

Organizations

  • Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Bombs
  • Detonations
  • Detonators
  • Explosive Trains
  • Explosives
  • Films
  • Government Procurement
  • Light Sources
  • Munitions
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Overpressure
  • Research Facilities
  • Test Facilities
  • Two Dimensional
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Fluid Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics