An investigation of surface velocimetry of shocked polyethylene using HETV
- AWE, Aldermaston, Reading, RG7 4PR (United Kingdom)
- MST-8, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)
The velocity history of a shocked free surface has traditionally been measured using established techniques such as VISAR or Fabry-Perot. In recent years a third type of velocimetry has been developed by LLNL which uses Heterodyne techniques, Photon Doppler Velocimetry (PDV). This technique generates a Doppler beat frequency between light incident on the surface and light internally reflected within the system. Unlike the other two techniques PDV does not use an interferometer, instead it relies upon having the ability to directly record the high beat frequency. The setting up and fielding of PDV is therefore much simpler. A low power (Class 1 laser) system using this principal, locally known as Heterodyne Velocimetry (HetV) has been developed and assembled. A series of experiments has been carried out to investigate the Hugoniot of polyethylene using HetV and embedded stress gauges. The results obtained with HetV have been directly compared with the embedded gauge data from the same experiment.
- OSTI ID:
- 21039520
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 955, Issue 1; Conference: Conference of the American Physical Society Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, Waikoloa, HI (United States), 24-29 Jun 2007; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2832917; (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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