Blast-pressure measurement with a high-bandwidth fibre optic pressure sensor

William Neil MacPherson; Matthew James Gander; James S Barton; Julian David Clayton Jones; C L Owen; A J Watson; R M Allen

doi:10.1088/0957-0233/11/2/302

Blast-pressure measurement with a high-bandwidth fibre optic pressure sensor

William Neil MacPherson, Matthew James Gander, James S Barton, Julian David Clayton Jones, C L Owen, A J Watson, R M Allen

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Abstract

A sensor to measure rapidly changing pressures in an explosive air blast requires high bandwidth and high spatial resolution. For such an application a low-cost, electrically isolated sensor is particularly attractive. We describe an optical fibre-based pressure sensor that meets these requirements. The sensor is subjected to an experimental explosive-blast measurement test and the results are discussed with respect to the sensor performance and compared with a simple blast-wave model and conventional pressure transducers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	95-102
Number of pages	8
Journal	Measurement Science and Technology
Volume	11
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-0233/11/2/302
Publication status	Published - Feb 2000

Keywords

Explosive air-blast measurement
Optical fibre
Pressure

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