The emission of AlO is commonly observed in tests involving aluminum combustion in
propellants and explosives. Such emission has been used as a signature of combustion, as …

We describe a simplified system of laser-driven flyer plates for shock compression science
and shock spectroscopy. We used commercially available one-box Nd: YAG lasers and …

This manuscript presents the development of a two-color laser-absorption-spectroscopy
(LAS) sensor capable of providing calibration-free measurements of temperature and H _2 2 …

Accurate knowledge of post-detonation fireball temperatures is important for understanding
device performance and for validation of numerical models. Such measurements are difficult …

Results from the design, development, and testing of a probe capable of making quantitative
measurements of temperature, pressure, and water vapor concentration in near field …

Infrared laser absorption spectroscopy provides a powerful tool for probing physical and
chemical properties of high-explosive detonations. A broadly tunable swept-wavelength …

This article presents methodological advances in the state-of-the-art for making time-
dependent, thermochemical measurements within kilogram-scale explosive post-detonation …

Laser-launched flyer plates were used to impact-initiate reactive materials consisting of Al
nanoparticles (50 nm) and Teflon microparticles (3 μm). The initiation process was probed …

High-speed, optical imaging diagnostics are presented for three-dimensional (3D)
quantification of explosively driven metal fragmentation. At early times after detonation …

New composite metalized explosives were studied. The explosives consisted of two different
types of macroscopic granular multi‐component RDX‐based formulations. In a 0.15 m3 …