Evaluation of self-recording thermal radiation instruments

Technical Report · Thu Mar 19 04:00:00 EST 1959

OSTI ID:5719043

Mahoney, J J; Keough, D D; Goodwin, L K; Moles, D W; Thomas, W B

The tests of the Type 1 and Type 2 Chemical Corps self-recording calorimeters on Shot Cherokee resulted in the conclusion that the Type 1 instruments were unsatisfactory and that the Type 2 instruments successfully integrated radiant exposures of long duration. Instrumentation with the self-recording calorimeters and the Kidde pulse recorder for a short-duration pulse, planned for Shot Blackfoot, was not feasible because of the station contamination resulting from a prior shot; therefore, instrument functioning for short-duration pulses was not determined, and the Kidde pulse recorder, which was designed only for short-duration pulses, has not received a valid test. The actual air zero for Shot Cherokee deviated considerably from the planned air zero, resulting in a significant angle of incidence of the thermal energy on the instruments. The data presented in this report represent the thermal radiant energy actually recorded by the thermal-radiation detection instruments at the various stations.

• Research Organization: Army Chemical Corps Engineering Command, Army Chemical Center, MD (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5719043
• Report Number(s): AD-357964/6
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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