Accession Number:

AD0475136

Title:

A BALLISTIC PENDULUM FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF IMPULSE PRODUCED ON A TARGET MATERIAL BY A FOCUSED LASER BEAM.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

ROYAL AIRCRAFT ESTABLISHMENT FARNBOROUGH (UNITED KINGDOM)

Personal Author(s):

• Handford, M. P.

Report Date:

1965-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

34.0

Abstract:

A ballistic pendulum technique is described for the measurement of impulse produced by vaporisation of material from a surface on which a laser beam is focused. The instrument is capable of measuring impulses in the range 10-1000 dyne sec. Author

Descriptors:

• (*LASERS
• RADIATION MEASURING INSTRUMENTS)
• LIGHT PULSES
• BEAMS(ELECTROMAGNETIC)
• TARGETS
• MELTING
• VAPORIZATION
• WEIGHT
• PIEZOELECTRIC CRYSTALS
• BALANCES
• VELOCITY
• DEFLECTION
• DAMPING
• EQUATIONS OF MOTION

Subject Categories:

• Lasers and Masers

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE