Calibration of thin-foil manganin gauge in ALOX material
- Explosive Components Department, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185 (United States)
- Explosive Projects and Diagnostics Department, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185 (United States)
- Ktech Corp., 901 Pennsylvania NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110 (United States)
The purpose of this program was to develop a calibration curve (stress as a function of change in gauge resistance/gauge resistance) and to obtain gauge repeatability data for Micro-Measurements stripped manganin thin-foiled gauges up to 6.1 GPa in ALOX (42{percent} by volume alumina in Epon 828 epoxy) material. A light-gas gun was used to drive an ALOX impactor into the ALOX target containing four gauges in a centered diamond arrangement. Tilt and velocity of the impactor were measured along with the gauge outputs. Impact stresses from 0.5 to 6.1 GPa were selected in increments of 0.7 GPa with duplicate tests done at 0.5, 3.3 and 6.1 GPa. A total of twelve tests was conducted using ALOX. Three initial tests were done using polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) as the impactor and target at an impact pressure of 3.0 GPa for comparison of gauge output with analysis and literature values. The installed gauge, stripped of its backing, has a nominal thickness of 5 {mu}m. The thin gauge and high speed instrumentation allowed higher time resolution measurements than can be obtained with manganin wire. {copyright} {ital 1996 American Institute of Physics.}
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Laboratory
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 561830
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950846--
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 370; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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