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Title: DIGITAL SPALL RADIOGRAPH ANALYSIS SYSTEM

Abstract

This report describes progress on work to develop a cost effective, rapid response system for measuring Technology Assessment National Laboratory. momentum and kinetic energy of span for the Advanced Center (ATAC) Armor/Anti-Armor (As) program at Los Alamos The system will exploit data contained in two sets of simultaneous co-planar flash radiographs taken along the center line of anticipated span motion. Data contained in each set (which is proportional to the mass and z-number of the span material intersected by the exposing x-ray at each point) is digitized and used to construct a three dimensional model (called the reconstructed span image) that approximates the original span cloud. From the model the mass of span fragments is computed. The two sets of radiographs, separated in time, represent the span configuration at two instants of time. Span fragments from the first instant are matched with those from the second instant to determine velocity. Evaluation of the fidelity of candidate reconstruction algorithms is the highest priority task in. this development program for the obvious reason that the efficacy of the projected span analysis system depends upon the fidelity of the reconstruction techniques.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
US Department of Energy (US)
OSTI Identifier:
760076
Report Number(s):
LA-SUB-00-56
TRN: AH200037%%314
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-36
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 1 Jan 1990
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; ALGORITHMS; CONFIGURATION; EVALUATION; IMAGES; KINETIC ENERGY; LOS ALAMOS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; VELOCITY; ARMOR; INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHY

Citation Formats

HARRIS - LATA, CURTIS L. DIGITAL SPALL RADIOGRAPH ANALYSIS SYSTEM. United States: N. p., 1990. Web. doi:10.2172/760076.
HARRIS - LATA, CURTIS L. DIGITAL SPALL RADIOGRAPH ANALYSIS SYSTEM. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/760076
HARRIS - LATA, CURTIS L. 1990. "DIGITAL SPALL RADIOGRAPH ANALYSIS SYSTEM". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/760076. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/760076.
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abstractNote = {This report describes progress on work to develop a cost effective, rapid response system for measuring Technology Assessment National Laboratory. momentum and kinetic energy of span for the Advanced Center (ATAC) Armor/Anti-Armor (As) program at Los Alamos The system will exploit data contained in two sets of simultaneous co-planar flash radiographs taken along the center line of anticipated span motion. Data contained in each set (which is proportional to the mass and z-number of the span material intersected by the exposing x-ray at each point) is digitized and used to construct a three dimensional model (called the reconstructed span image) that approximates the original span cloud. From the model the mass of span fragments is computed. The two sets of radiographs, separated in time, represent the span configuration at two instants of time. Span fragments from the first instant are matched with those from the second instant to determine velocity. Evaluation of the fidelity of candidate reconstruction algorithms is the highest priority task in. this development program for the obvious reason that the efficacy of the projected span analysis system depends upon the fidelity of the reconstruction techniques.},
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year = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990},
month = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990}
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