An Optoelectronic Device for mm-Size Projectile Velocity Measurement

A novel laser screen detection system was developed to measure the projectile's flight velocity in two-stage light gas-gun. By means of complex anti-jamming methods such as slit aperture limiting external stray light, narrow band spectrum filtering and low frequency notch filtering, the problem of detecting and catching the instantaneous weak disturbance signals from a bright background source was solved, and a high signal-noise ratio was achieved. A typical experiment of a spherical metal projectile with a diameter of 4 mm was performed in a two-stage light gas-gun. The results showed that the inconsistency in projectile's speed between this device and the coil for real-time monitoring is less than 2%, implying this device can meet the requirement of mm-size projectile's velocity measurement in two-stage light gas-gun.