Accession Number:
ADA011774
Title:
Infrared Vidicon Observations of Exploding Balloon Events
Descriptive Note:
Final technical rept. Apr 1974-Feb 1975
Corporate Author:
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO PHILADELPHIA PA SPACE DIV
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1975-05-01
Pagination or Media Count:
68.0
Abstract:
The Air Force Weapons Laboratory conducted a series of experiments as part of Project GEST Gas Explosive Simulation Technique to evaluate the flow characteristics of fireballs resulting from balloon explosions. A primary diagnostic for these events was an infrared vidicon sensor system operated by the General Electric Company, Space Sciences Laboratory GE-SSL under the sponsorship of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA. This report presents the results of these diagnostic experiments.
Descriptors:
Subject Categories:
- Infrared Detection and Detectors
- Explosions