The ultimate objective is the development of an inertial tracking system to measure the displacement of targets during blast tests in large shock tubes or high explosive simulations of nuclear weapons. the system is intended to supplement photographic coverage of target movement when the target is… More

The ultimate objective is the development of a vane-type flow direction sensor to measure the rapid changes that occur in a precursed blast wave. such a sensor will consist of a small cylindrical probe with movable vanes projecting from it. the waves will be placed as near the end of the probe… More

A high energy, high quaility explosive source for application to medium charge weight effects simulation will be developed. the thiokol tph 3342 explosive material containing 85% hmx which has been tested successfully on an 8 and 1000 lb scale cannot be mixed in quantities greater than 4000 lb. in… More

The objective of this project is to develop an improved differential pressure gage for determining dynamic pressure within blast and shock wave flows where the flows are subsonic. derivation of dynamic pressure from a measurement of the difference between stagnation pressure and side-on or static… More