Author(s)

T. Borvik, K. Holen, M. Langseth & K.A. Malo

Abstract

This paper describes an experimental set-up where a digital high-speed camera is used together with a compressed gas gun in order to study the phenomena associated with ballistic penetration. Until recently, photographic studies of ballistics were limited either by time-consuming film development or a moderate framing rate during testing. These obstacles have been overcome by the introduction of camera systems combining the advantages of an image converter camera and a CCD camera. The image converter camera provides extremely fast shutter speeds (up to 20 million frames per sec.), while the CCD part provides high quality digital pictures

Keywords