NASA White Sands Test Facility Remote Hypervelocity ... - ASNT

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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ContactInfo:KarenRodriguezKaren.M.Rodriguez@NASA.gov

MarcusSandyMarcus.Sandy-1@NASA.gov

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