Measurement Of Velocity And Shape Of Small Hypervelocity Projectiles In A Plasma Accelerator

B. Schroeder; E. Igenbergs; H. Kuczera

doi:10.1117/12.967870

1 March 1983 Measurement Of Velocity And Shape Of Small Hypervelocity Projectiles In A Plasma Accelerator

B. Schroeder, E. Igenbergs, H. Kuczera

Proceedings Volume 0348, 15th Intl Congress on High Speed Photography and Photonics; (1983) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.967870
Event: 15th International Congress on High Speed Photography and Photonics, 1982, San Diego, United States

Abstract

Small projectiles are accelerated to velocities between 10 and 20 km/sec in the plasma-accelerator of the Lehrstuhl f iir Raumfahrttechnik, Technische Universitat MUnchen. A technique has been developed to measure the velocity and the shape in the plasma environment. The system consists of a light barrier generated by the multiple reflection of a laser beam between two mirrors. The light reflected by the projectiles when these cross the laser beams is detected by a photomultiplier. The time needed for the projectile to reach the position of a laser shadowgraph device and the trigger signal for the camera are provided by a computer. The development of this photographic system as well as experimental results are discussed.

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B. Schroeder, E. Igenbergs, and H. Kuczera "Measurement Of Velocity And Shape Of Small Hypervelocity Projectiles In A Plasma Accelerator", Proc. SPIE 0348, 15th Intl Congress on High Speed Photography and Photonics, (1 March 1983); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.967870

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