Kistler Holding Ag

Andreas Wyss

David Weber

Tobias Frommenwiler

Marco Laffranchi

A transducer element for the detection of a transverse transition pressure of a shock wave includes a body that extends along a longitudinal axis and includes a nose portion and a measurement portion disposed adjacent the nose portion, which tapers along the longitudinal axis from the measurement portion until a nose end. The transducer is arranged with its longitudinal axis extending parallel to the propagation direction of the shock wave, with the nose portion facing the shock wave. The measurement portion contains at least three pressure transducers arranged in the body with respective pressure-sensitive pressure receiving surfaces arranged parallel to the longitudinal axis. The three pressure transducers are spaced apart from each other at a distance along the longitudinal axis. The transducer element is configured for determining the velocity and the acceleration of the shock wave.

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Zürich, Switzerland

Andreas Wyss