B77 ITU Series III Telemetry System

Technical Report · Thu Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1978

OSTI ID:7090669

Peila, W C

The Series III telemetry system was developed to monitor structural responses of the B77 half-scale Impact Test Units. These half-scale units were subjected to a series of impact tests at various orientations on hard regular, as well as hard irregular, targets. The telemetry system was designed to monitor initial impact, slapdown, and secondary impacts of the various test units. Additionally, the system was designed to be reusable for a minimum of two drop tests, although by the end of the series some subsystems had been used on as many as 13 impact tests. The Series III telemetry system is a shock-hardened, 20 channel FM/FM system transmitting on two P-band frequencies. Essentially two 10-channel systems sharing common antennas and mechanical structure, the TLM was designed to monitor unit structural response. As a result, the signal conditioning for the 20 continuous channels consists of charge amplifiers, bridge completion networks and differential amplifiers.

• Research Organization: Sandia Labs., Livermore, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-04-0789
• OSTI ID: 7090669
• Report Number(s): SAND-78-8208
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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COMMUNICATIONS
DATA TRANSMISSION
DESIGN
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
FUNCTIONS
IMPACT TESTS
MATERIALS TESTING
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
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MONITORING
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