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NASAWhiteSandsTestFacilityRemoteHypervelocityTestLaboratory
02/02/2017ISIW2017Session9b-4
1.0CaliberTwoStageLightGasGun• TargetCapabilities
- Abilitytopressurizeand/orheat/cooltargets- Hazardousandnonhazardoustargets- Canwithstanda2.3kgTNTequivalentpressurerelease
• TargetAccommodations9ft.diameterx30ft.long
• SingleProjectileSizes0.4mm– 25.4mm(0.0157in.– 1.0in.)
• VelocityRange1.5km/s– 7.0km/s
• DiagnosticsAvailableProjectileVerification
- 6FlashX-rayHeads- UltraHigh-SpeedDigitalImagingSystem- HighSpeedColorVideo
VelocityMeasurement- LaserIntervalometers- PhotodiodeFlashDetectors- UltraHigh-SpeedImagingSystem
Other- DigitalX-rayFilmScanner- MultichannelDataAcquisitionSystem- Accelerometers,AcousticEmissionSystems
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.50CaliberTwoStageLightGasGun• TargetCapabilities
Abilitytopressurizeand/orheat/cooltargets
• TargetAccommodations5ft.diameterx8ft.long
• SingleProjectileSizes0.4mm– 11mm(0.0157in.– 0.4331in.)
• VelocityRange1.5km/s– 7.0km/s
• DiagnosticsAvailableProjectileVerification
- 3FlashX-rayHeads- UltraHigh-SpeedDigitalImagingSystem- HighSpeedColorVideo
VelocityMeasurement- LaserIntervalometers- PhotodiodeFlashDetectors- UltraHigh-SpeedImagingSystem
Other- DigitalX-rayFilmScanner- MultichannelDataAcquisitionSystem- Accelerometers,AcousticEmissionSystems
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.17CaliberTwoStageLightGasGun• TargetCapabilities
Abilitytopressurizeand/orheat/cooltargets
• TargetAccommodations3.5ft.diameterx7ft.long
• SingleProjectileSizes0.05mm– 3.6mm(0.002in.– 0.142in.)
• VelocityRange1.5km/s– 8.5km/s
• DiagnosticsAvailableProjectileVerification
- UltraHigh-SpeedDigitalImagingSystem- HighSpeedColorVideo
VelocityMeasurement- LaserIntervalometers- PhotodiodeFlashDetectors- UltraHigh-SpeedImagingSystem
Other- MultichannelDataAcquisitionSystem- Accelerometers,AcousticEmissionSystems
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MonitoringandDiagnostics• HighSpeedDataAcquisitionSystemSignalsmeasuringthephysicalconditionsofthetestingarecaptured byourdataacquisitionsystemforresultsanalysisusingmeasurementequipmentincludingbutisnotlimitedto:– Velocity– Temperature– Pressure– Voltage– Current– Acceleration
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MonitoringandDiagnosticscont.• HighSpeedImagingSystem
Highspeedimagesaretakenofaprojectilepriortoimpactingatargettoverifyitsintegrity.Impactsarephotographedtocharacterizethedebriscloudandejecta.Highspeedcamerasarealsousedtomeasurevelocitysincetheprojectilesrateoftravelisknownfromoneframetothenextandthevelocitycaneasilybecalculated.Thereareseveraltypesofimagingequipmentusedincluding:– Ultrahighspeedvideo– Highspeedcolorcameras– FlashX-rayimaging
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