Performance characterization of the NASA standard detonator
Abstract
The NASA Standard Detonator (NSD) is employed in support of a number of current applications, including the Space Shuttle. This effort was directed towards providing test results to characterize the output of this device for its use in a safe and arm device. As part of the investigation, flash X-ray was used to provide stop-motion photographs of the flying metal plate that is created by initiation of the detonator. This provided researchers with a better understanding of the shape and character of the high-velocity disk as it propagated across the gap between the detonator and next assembly. The second portion of the study used a velocity interferometer to evaluate the acceleration and velocity histories of the flying plate, providing a quantified assessment of the detonator`s ability to initiate the explosive in the next explosive.
- Authors:
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- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Component Engineering, USBI, Huntsville, AL (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 71636
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-94-2862C; CONF-950720-4
ON: DE95011876
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: AIAA/SAE/ASME joint propulsion conference and exhibit, San Diego, CA (United States), 10-12 Jul 1995; Other Information: PBD: [1995]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE; 42 ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES; DETONATORS; ENGINEERED SAFETY SYSTEMS; DETONATIONS; INTERFEROMETRY; ULTRAHIGH-SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY; ROCKETS; DOPPLER EFFECT; X RADIATION; TESTING
Citation Formats
Tarbell, W W, Burke, T L, and Solomon, S E. Performance characterization of the NASA standard detonator. United States: N. p., 1995.
Web.
Tarbell, W W, Burke, T L, & Solomon, S E. Performance characterization of the NASA standard detonator. United States.
Tarbell, W W, Burke, T L, and Solomon, S E. 1995.
"Performance characterization of the NASA standard detonator". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/71636.
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title = {Performance characterization of the NASA standard detonator},
author = {Tarbell, W W and Burke, T L and Solomon, S E},
abstractNote = {The NASA Standard Detonator (NSD) is employed in support of a number of current applications, including the Space Shuttle. This effort was directed towards providing test results to characterize the output of this device for its use in a safe and arm device. As part of the investigation, flash X-ray was used to provide stop-motion photographs of the flying metal plate that is created by initiation of the detonator. This provided researchers with a better understanding of the shape and character of the high-velocity disk as it propagated across the gap between the detonator and next assembly. The second portion of the study used a velocity interferometer to evaluate the acceleration and velocity histories of the flying plate, providing a quantified assessment of the detonator`s ability to initiate the explosive in the next explosive.},
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year = {Mon May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995},
month = {Mon May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995}
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