Dynamic Airblast Simulator (DABS) Instrumentation Development. Phase 1

Abstract

In conjunction with the MX Program the Air Force Weapons Laboratory has been developing a Dynamic Airblast Simulator (DABS), the purpose of which is to simulate the airblast produced by a nuclear device. Since the detonation products of the explosives used to drive the DABS contribute a significant loading pulse, the environment is loaded with debris and ill-defined. Thus development of new instrumentation to parameterize this flow was undertaken. Microwave systems, an infrared detector, an optical photodiode, a debris collector, shock-on-shock instrumentation, and pressure and velocity gages were investigated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA060732

Entities

People

  • Neal Baum

Organizations

  • University of New Mexico

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Boundary Layer
  • Doppler Effect
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Geometry
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Measurement
  • Metamaterial Absorbers
  • Photographs
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Radar
  • Research Facilities
  • Scattering
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Semiconductor Device Technology

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy