Image Analysis of Solid Propellant Combustion Holograms Using an ImageAction Software Package.
Abstract
This thesis research was conducted as part of a continuing project at the Naval Postgraduate School which is investigating the effects of the addition of solid particulates to solid rocket propellant to enhance the performance characteristics. In order to correctly assess the effects of the particles, an accurate measurement of the sizes and quantities of the burning solid particles must be made with relation to their axial position within the port of the propellant grain. This thesis concerns itself only with the use of holograms of the burning propellant in a cross flow section of the combustion chamber. It describes a method of computer-controlled image enhancement and particle data retrieval from combustion hologram filtering and processing of the hologram images, and then describes a from the modified image. The ImageAction software and the Fortran program included that indicate that this method is capable of obtaining the desired particle feature information from the hologram image. Certain limitations of the system are discussed as are possible solutions to these limitations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1986
- Accession Number
- ADA173588
Entities
People
- David N. Redman
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School