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Title: Application of Fabry--Perot velocimeter to high-speed experiments

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OSTI ID:6775240

The Fabry--Perot (F--P) velocimeter is a useful instrument for measuring the velocity of objects at speeds ranging from fractions of a kilometer per second to a few tens of kilometers per second and up. Because of its immunity to electromagnetic interference and its velocity resolution, it has become the prime diagnostic tool in our electric-gun facility. Examples of its application to high-speed experiments include the following areas: Electric-gun flyer studies; Spallation of materials under high-speed impact; Momentum-transfer studies; Pressure pulse created by high-velocity impact; Detonation-wave studies in high-explosive experiments. The F--P velocimeter at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) includes a long-pulse laser amplifier, two-channel recording capability, air or fiber-optic transport of laser light, light enhancement through the F--P proper, and an electronic streaking camera with microchannel-plate intensifier. Data reduction includes a digitizing system that employs a video camera and a personal computer for manipulating fringe curves and calculating velocities. Software corrects distortions from the streak camera used to generate the record. Our system yields a velocity measurement with an accuracy of 1 to 2%. 11 refs., 7 figs.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
6775240
Report Number(s):
UCRL-98483; CONF-8808103-3; ON: DE88016269
Resource Relation:
Conference: 18. international congress on high-speed photography and photonics, Xian, China, 28 Aug 1988; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English