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- Appelgren, Patrik, et al.
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Interaction between solid copper jets and powerful electrical current pulses
- 2011
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Ingår i: Journal of applied mechanics. - : ASME International. - 0021-8936 .- 1528-9036. ; 78:2
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The interaction between a solid copper jet and an electric current pulse is studied. Copper jets that were created by a shaped-charge device were passed through an electrode configuration consisting of two aluminum plates with a separation distance of 150 mm. The electrodes were connected to a pulsed-power supply delivering a current pulse with amplitudes up to 250 kA. The current and voltages were measured, providing data on energy deposition in the jet and electrode contact region, and flash X-ray diagnostics were used to depict the jet during and after electrification. The shape of, and the velocity distributions along, the jet has been used to estimate the correlation between the jet mass flow through the electrodes and the electrical energy deposition. On average, 2.8 kJ/g was deposited in the jet and electrode region, which is sufficient to bring the jet up to the boiling point. A model based on the assumption of a homogenous current flow through the jet between the electrodes underestimates the energy deposition and the jet resistance by a factor 5 compared with the experiments, indicating a more complex current flow through the jet. The experimental results indicate the following mechanism for the enhancement of jet breakup. When electrified, the natural-formed necks in the jet are subjected to a higher current density compared with other parts of the jet. The higher current density results in a stronger heating and a stronger magnetic pinch force. Eventually, the jet material in the neck is evaporated and explodes electrically, resulting in a radial ejection of vaporized jet material.
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- Östmark, Henric, et al.
(författare)
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Stand-off detection of explosives particles by multispectral imaging Raman spectroscopy
- 2011
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Ingår i: Applied Optics. - 1559-128X .- 2155-3165. ; 50:28, s. 5592-5599
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A Raman multispectral imaging technique is presented, which can be used for stand-off detection of single explosives particles. A frequency-doubled Nd:YAG laser operating at 10 Hz illuminates the surface under investigation. The backscattered Raman signal is collected by a receiver subsystem consisting of a 150 mm Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, a laser line edge filter, a liquid-crystal tunable filter, and a gated intensified charge-coupled device (ICCD) detector. A sequence of images is recorded by the ICCD, where, for each recording, a different wavelength is selected by the tunable filter. By this, a Raman spectrum is recorded for each pixel, which makes it possible to detect even single particles when compared to known spectra for possible explosives. The comparison is made using correlation and least-square fitting. The system is relatively insensitive to environment and light variations. Multispectral Raman images of sulfur, ammonium nitrate, 2,4-dinitrotoluene, and 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene were acquired at a stand-off distance of 10 m. Detection of sulfur particles was done at a distance of 10 m.
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