Analysis of pyrotechnic devices by laser-illuminated high speed photography.

摘要

Several types of pyrotechnic igniters have been evaluated using the technique of laser-illuminated high speed photography with a copper vapor laser. The accompanying video tape shows the results of high speed films recorded for two types of igniters (Type X1 and Type X2) fired in confinement in a lucite block and four types of igniters (Type X1, Type X2, Type X3, and Type X4) igniters fired at ambient. The films of the Type X1 and Type X2 igniters were recorded for both a coarse particle titanium potassium perchlorate (TiKP) output charge and a fine particle TiKP output charge. The results of these films are most informative, and the technique is shown to be useful as a design tool for studying the performance of igniters. 2 figs., 1 tab.