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An investigation of surface velocimetry of shocked polyethylene using HetV

  • N. R. Routley
  • , E. Price
  • , P. T. Keightley
  • , J. C.F. Millett
  • , N. K. Bourne
  • , Eric Brown
  • , George Thompson Gray

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Abstract

The velocity history of a shocked free surface has traditionally been measured using established techniques such as VISAR or Fabry-Perot. In recent years a third type of velocimetry has been developed by LLNL which uses Heterodyne techniques, Photon Doppler Velocimetry (PDV). This technique generates a Doppler beat frequency between light incident on the surface and light internally reflected within the system. Unlike the other two techniques PDV does not use an interferometer, instead it relies upon having the ability to directly record the high beat frequency. The setting up and fielding of PDV is therefore much simpler. A low power (Class 1 laser) system using this principal, locally known as Heterodyne Velocimetry (HetV) has been developed and assembled. A series of experiments has been carried out to investigate the Hugoniot of polyethylene using HetV and embedded stress gauges. The results obtained with HetV have been directly compared with the embedded gauge data from the same experiment.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationShock Compression of Condensed Matter - 2007
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the Conference of the American Physical Society Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, 2007 APS SCCM
Pages1131-1134
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2007
Event15th Biennial International Conference of the APS Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, SCCM 2007 -
Duration: Dec 1 2007 → …

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume955
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

Conference15th Biennial International Conference of the APS Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, SCCM 2007
Period12/1/07 → …

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