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View article: ENCoRP: A Tool to Compute and Visualize an Electrical Network’s Conductive and Radiative Propagation
ENCoRP: A Tool to Compute and Visualize an Electrical Network’s Conductive and Radiative Propagation Open
We present ENCoRP, a tool for computing and visualizing the frequency-domain conductive and radiative propagation associated with an injected signal traversing a user-defined electrical network. Emulating real-world power grids, ENCoRP all…
View article: Conformal, wearable, thin microwave antenna for sub-skin and skin surface monitoring
Conformal, wearable, thin microwave antenna for sub-skin and skin surface monitoring Open
A wearable antenna is operably positioned on a wearer's skin and is operably connected the wearer's tissue. A first antenna matched to the wearer's tissue is operably positioned on the wearer's skin. A second antenna matched to the air is …
View article: Eddy Current Lift-Off Sensor Model
Eddy Current Lift-Off Sensor Model Open
Eddy current sensors measure the lift-off or distance between the sensor head and a conducting surface. The sensor consists of a conducting coil carrying an alternating electrical current. By Faraday’s Law, a magnetic field is generated wi…
View article: Eddy Current Model of a Coil Over An Infinite Perfectly Electrical Conductor (PEC) Half-Plane
Eddy Current Model of a Coil Over An Infinite Perfectly Electrical Conductor (PEC) Half-Plane Open
Eddy current sensors measure the lift-off or distance between the sensor and a conducting surface. They operate on the principle of an alternating current in a conduction coil inducing a magnetic field within the surface. An eddy current i…
View article: Vibrational Energy Harvesting Using a Cantilever Model
Vibrational Energy Harvesting Using a Cantilever Model Open
Vibrational energy harvesting (VEH) is a method of capturing incidental mechanical vibrational energy and converting it to electrical energy. This is enabled by two technologies: Electromagnetic induction via a cantilever or piezoelectric …
View article: Vibration-Based Sensor Design: A Grey-Box Approach
Vibration-Based Sensor Design: A Grey-Box Approach Open
Knowledge of the internal structure of an object or device under investigation proceeds from the basic idea of constructing its dynamic behavioral relations governed by a set of differential/algebraic equations that characterize its respon…
View article: LMU Fast Decompression Experiment Data for "Standing Shock Prevents Propagation of Sparks in Supersonic Explosive Flows"
LMU Fast Decompression Experiment Data for "Standing Shock Prevents Propagation of Sparks in Supersonic Explosive Flows" Open
Background This data is camera images and nozzle pressure gauge voltage traces from rapid decompression shots at the LMU shock tube facility. This data is discussed in the "Materials and Methods" section of the paper "Standing Shock Preven…
View article: LMU Fast Decompression Experiment Data for "Standing Shock Prevents Propagation of Sparks in Supersonic Explosive Flows"
LMU Fast Decompression Experiment Data for "Standing Shock Prevents Propagation of Sparks in Supersonic Explosive Flows" Open
Background This data is camera images and nozzle pressure gauge voltage traces from rapid decompression shots at the LMU shock tube facility. This data is discussed in the "Materials and Methods" section of the paper "Standing Shock Preven…
View article: STL Fast Decompression Experiment Data for "Standing Shock Prevents Propagation of Sparks in Supersonic Explosive Flows"
STL Fast Decompression Experiment Data for "Standing Shock Prevents Propagation of Sparks in Supersonic Explosive Flows" Open
Background This data is camera images and pressure gauge and RF antenna voltage traces from rapid decompression shots at the STL shock tube facility. This data is used in figures 1, 2, 3, and 4 and corresponds to the STL shots listed in ta…
View article: STL Fast Decompression Experiment Data for "Standing Shock Prevents Propagation of Sparks in Supersonic Explosive Flows"
STL Fast Decompression Experiment Data for "Standing Shock Prevents Propagation of Sparks in Supersonic Explosive Flows" Open
Background This data is camera images and pressure gauge and RF antenna voltage traces from rapid decompression shots at the STL shock tube facility. This data is used in figures 1, 2, 3, and 4 and corresponds to the STL shots listed in ta…
View article: Compressible Hydrodynamics Simulation Data for "Standing Shock Prevents Propagation of Sparks in Supersonic Explosive Flows"
Compressible Hydrodynamics Simulation Data for "Standing Shock Prevents Propagation of Sparks in Supersonic Explosive Flows" Open
Background This data is a 2D cross-section from a 3D compressible hydrodynamics simulation (Hyburn / AMRex code) of a rapid decompression / shock tube experiment at Special Technologies Laboratory. The simulated shot is a pure argon gas de…
View article: Compressible Hydrodynamics Simulation Data for "Standing Shock Prevents Propagation of Sparks in Supersonic Explosive Flows"
Compressible Hydrodynamics Simulation Data for "Standing Shock Prevents Propagation of Sparks in Supersonic Explosive Flows" Open
Background This data is a 2D cross-section from a 3D compressible hydrodynamics simulation (Hyburn / AMRex code) of a rapid decompression / shock tube experiment at Special Technologies Laboratory. The simulated shot is a pure argon gas de…
View article: Ionization rate simulation data for "Standing Shock Prevents Propagation of Sparks in Supersonic Explosive Flows"
Ionization rate simulation data for "Standing Shock Prevents Propagation of Sparks in Supersonic Explosive Flows" Open
Background This is a set of 3d data containing ionization rates computed from Hyburn hydrodynamic simulations contained in a Matlab .mat file, along with a plot in both .png and Matlab .fig format, and a Matlab script for plotting. This da…
View article: Ionization rate simulation data for "Standing Shock Prevents Propagation of Sparks in Supersonic Explosive Flows"
Ionization rate simulation data for "Standing Shock Prevents Propagation of Sparks in Supersonic Explosive Flows" Open
Background This is a set of 3d data containing ionization rates computed from Hyburn hydrodynamic simulations contained in a Matlab .mat file, along with a plot in both .png and Matlab .fig format, and a Matlab script for plotting. This da…
View article: Standing Shock Regulates Sparks in Explosive Flows
Standing Shock Regulates Sparks in Explosive Flows Open
Electric sparks and explosive flows have long been associated with each other. Flowing dust particles originate charge through contact electrification and separate based on inertia, resulting in strong electric fields supporting sparks. Th…
View article: Improved coupling structures for microwave interferometry of detonation fronts
Improved coupling structures for microwave interferometry of detonation fronts Open
Microwave interferometry (MI) provides several advantages over more traditional shock and deflagration front diagnostics. Most importantly, it directly interrogates these fronts, instead of measuring the evolution of containment surfaces o…
View article: Experimental and computational investigation of microwave interferometry for detonation front characterization
Experimental and computational investigation of microwave interferometry for detonation front characterization Open
Microwave interferometry (MI) presents several advantages over more traditional existing shock and deflagration front diagnostics. Most importantly, it directly interrogates these fronts, instead of measuring the evolution of containment s…
View article: Determining the Coalescence of Hotspots into Uniform Detonation Fronts in High Explosives
Determining the Coalescence of Hotspots into Uniform Detonation Fronts in High Explosives Open
Microwave Interferometry (MI) offers the advantage of a continuous time measurement of detonation front velocity from detonation initiation to disassembly, which is an important step to assure the quality of stockpile high explosives. Howe…
View article: Microwave interrogation of an air plasma plume as a model system for hot spots in explosives
Microwave interrogation of an air plasma plume as a model system for hot spots in explosives Open
The evolution of hot spots within explosives is critical to understand for predicting how detonation waves form and propagate. However, it is challenging to observe hot spots directly because they are small (∼micron diameter), form quickly…
View article: Develop Prototype Microwave Interferometry Diagnostic
Develop Prototype Microwave Interferometry Diagnostic Open
A prototype microwave interferometer was created at NSTec to characterize moving conductive fronts in upcoming experiments. The interferometer is capable of operation in the ~26-40 GHz band, and interrogating fronts with more than 1 W of p…