An Omni-Directional Gage for Measuring the Dynamic Pressure Behind a Shock Front

Abstract

The design of a cantilever gage for determining the direction of flow and time history of dynamic pressure is described, and the results of both static and shock tube calibration are presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0276470

Entities

People

  • O. T. Johnson
  • W. O. Ewing

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Blast Waves
  • Calibration
  • Corporations
  • Directional
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Engineering
  • Explosives
  • Frequency
  • Munitions
  • New York
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Shock Tubes
  • Strain Gages
  • Tubes

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.