Remote measurement of blast wave propagation

US11079293B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · US

Inventors

• Catherine S Stephens · Clinton, US
• Clifford E Grey · Vicksburg, US
• Roland Fuentes · Owens Cross Roads, US
• Larry Watkins · Meridianville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 30, 2017
• Grant date: Aug 3, 2021
• Expiry date: Mar 5, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F42D5/04
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The method and system disclosed herein allow pressure profile data to be collected remotely from multiple autonomous sensors without entering the blast radius. The system obtains a GPS synchronized time value for detonation and obtains subsequent synchronized pressure data sets overtime from multiple independently functioning remote and correlates that data from each transducer with the initial detonation event.