Study of Mechanics of Bomb Detonation

Abstract

Both reflection holography and transmission holography were applied to investigate the mechanics of bomb detonation and breakup. It was found that transmission holography could be used to acquire information on fragment position, velocity and size distributions. Propelled particles resulting from an explosions were seen using double pulse holographic techniques. Their velocities were calculated from this information. Reflection holography was sucessfully applied to study the surfaces of explosive packages in the act of exploding. The results were related to the theory which predicts image intensity as a function of velocity. The potential and limitations of these holographic techniques are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0909442

Entities

People

  • J. L. Jacoby
  • Robert L. Johnson
  • W. C. Schubert

Organizations

  • TRW Inc.

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Contracts
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Diagrams
  • Electronic Equipment
  • Explosions
  • Explosive Devices
  • Explosives
  • Laser Beams
  • Mechanics
  • Observation Aircraft
  • Observers
  • Optics
  • Pockels Cells
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.