Olivier, Marius2013-07-042013-07-042012-12Olivier, M. 2012. The conceptual design and development of Novel low cost sensors for measuring the relative light emission in the pre-millisecond stages detonating explosive charges. MSc Thesis. University of Stellenbosch, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineeringhttp://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/71686http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6870A thesis submitted to the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Stellenbosch, in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of ScienceDuring the course of the CSIR’s research into the characterisation of explosive sources to devise methods of active intervention against threats, the need has arisen to research a particular means of early identification of the threat, which is the intense light flash during the threat detonation. For this purpose, a low cost rugged fast optical sensor was sought, since the application thereof would imply possible destruction, especially if integrated into an active intervention system later on.enLight EmissionSensorsDetectorsDetonationExplosive sourcesEmission sensorThreatsReportOlivier, M. (2012). <i>The conceptual design and development of Novel low cost sensors for measuring the relative light emission in the pre-millisecond stages detonating explosive charges</i> (Workflow;11172). University of Stellenbosch. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6870Olivier, Marius <i>The conceptual design and development of Novel low cost sensors for measuring the relative light emission in the pre-millisecond stages detonating explosive charges.</i> Workflow;11172. University of Stellenbosch, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6870Olivier M. The conceptual design and development of Novel low cost sensors for measuring the relative light emission in the pre-millisecond stages detonating explosive charges. 2012 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6870TY - Report AU - Olivier, Marius AB - During the course of the CSIR’s research into the characterisation of explosive sources to devise methods of active intervention against threats, the need has arisen to research a particular means of early identification of the threat, which is the intense light flash during the threat detonation. For this purpose, a low cost rugged fast optical sensor was sought, since the application thereof would imply possible destruction, especially if integrated into an active intervention system later on. DA - 2012-12 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Light Emission KW - Sensors KW - Detectors KW - Detonation KW - Explosive sources KW - Emission sensor KW - Threats LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2012 T1 - The conceptual design and development of Novel low cost sensors for measuring the relative light emission in the pre-millisecond stages detonating explosive charges TI - The conceptual design and development of Novel low cost sensors for measuring the relative light emission in the pre-millisecond stages detonating explosive charges UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6870 ER -