A Multipulsed Dynamic Diffraction Moire Interferometer

V. A. Deason; M. B. Ward

doi:10.1117/12.962730

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25 April 1990 A Multipulsed Dynamic Diffraction Moire Interferometer

V. A. Deason; M. B. Ward

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Proceedings Volume 1162, Laser Interferometry: Quantitative Analysis of Interferograms: Third in a Series; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.962730
Event: 33rd Annual Technical Symposium, 1989, San Diego, United States

Abstract

A system capable of generating several tens of diffraction moire interferograms at rates on the order of 1 MHz is described. The interferometer consists of a specially modified, segmented ruby rod laser capable of producing a long train of 40-mJ pulses each with a width on the order of 20 to 50 ns. The interferograms are recorded on film using a high speed turbine camera capable of 2,000,000 frames per second for a total record of 80 frames. The interferometer is used in conjunction with any of several devices for impulsively loading a variety of materials so as to study dynamic material deformation, fracture, delamination, or other response to dynamic stress. This apparatus is the latest in a series of dynamic diffraction moire systems built at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory.

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V. A. Deason and M. B. Ward "A Multipulsed Dynamic Diffraction Moire Interferometer", Proc. SPIE 1162, Laser Interferometry: Quantitative Analysis of Interferograms: Third in a Series, (25 April 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.962730

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