EVALUATION OF SELF-RECORDING THERMAL RADIATION INSTRUMENTS
Abstract
The tests of the Type 1 and Type 2 Chemical Corps self-recording calorimeters on Shot Cherokee resulted in the conclusion that the Type 1 instruments were unsatisfactory and that the Type 2 instruments successfully integrated radiant exposures of long duration. Instrumentation with the self-recording calorimeters and the Kidde pulse recorder for a short-duration pulse, planned for Shot Blackfoot, was not feasible because of the station contamination resulting from a prior shot; therefore, instrument functioning for short-duration pulses was not determined, and the Kidde pulse recorder, which was designed only for short-duration pulses, has not received a valid test. The actual air zero for Shot Cherokee deviated considerably from the planned air zero, resulting in a significant angle of incidence of the thermal energy on the instruments. The data presented in this report represent the thermal radiant energy actually recorded by the thermal-radiation detection instruments at the various stations. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 19, 1959
- Accession Number
- AD0357964
Entities
People
- D. D. Keough
- D. W. Moles
- J. J. Mahoney
- L. K. Goodwin
- W. B. Thomas