Techniques for embedding instrumentation in pressure vessel test articles

Michael Cornelius

doi:10.1117/12.669519

10 May 2006 Techniques for embedding instrumentation in pressure vessel test articles

Michael Cornelius

Proceedings Volume 6222, Sensors for Propulsion Measurement Applications; 622205 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.669519
Event: Defense and Security Symposium, 2006, Orlando (Kissimmee), Florida, United States

Abstract

Many interesting structural and thermal events occur in materials that are housed within a surrounding pressure vessel. In order to measure the environment during these events and explore their causes instrumentation must be installed on or in the material. Transducers can be selected that are small enough to be embedded within the test material but these instruments must interface with an external system in order to apply excitation voltages and output the desired data. The methods for installing the instrumentation and creating an interface are complicated when the material is located in a case or housing containing high pressures and hot gases. Installation techniques for overcoming some of these difficulties were developed while testing a series of small-scale solid propellant and hybrid rocket motors at Marshall Space Flight Center. These techniques have potential applications in other test articles where data are acquired from materials that require containment due to the severe environment encountered during the test process. This severe environment could include high pressure, hot gases, or ionized atmospheres. The development of these techniques, problems encountered, and the lessons learned from the ongoing testing process are summarized.

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Michael Cornelius "Techniques for embedding instrumentation in pressure vessel test articles", Proc. SPIE 6222, Sensors for Propulsion Measurement Applications, 622205 (10 May 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.669519

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