Armature Diagnostics Demonstration Test Report

Abstract

This test established feasibility for on-the-fly temperature measurements of railgun projectiles. In addition, an approach for projectile velocity measurement was also demonstrated. Insight was gained into other useful optical and fiber optic diagnostic approaches.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA443856

Entities

People

  • A. Akerman
  • M. R. Cates
  • M. T. Crawford
  • S. B. Ferraro
  • S. M. Goedeke
  • S. W. Allison

Organizations

  • University of Texas at Austin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Armatures
  • Computers
  • Data Acquisition
  • Demonstrations
  • Detectors
  • Emission
  • Fibers
  • Fluorescence
  • High Temperature
  • Lasers
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Optics
  • Projectiles
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • User Interface

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Fiber Sensing and Electromagnetic Propagation.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • ballistics.