Flash X-ray radiography technique to study the high velocity impact of soft projectile on E-glass/epoxy composite material

In the present paper, the high velocity impact of 9 mm soft lead projectile on 10 mm and 30 mm thick Eglass/epoxy composites was studied using a 450 kV Flash X-ray radiography(FXR) system. The basic parameters of FXR imaging, such as effect of ratio of target to film(TF) and source to target(ST) distances and X-ray penetration thickness of the composite material were optimized based on clarity and the actual dimensions of the objects. The optimized parameters were used in the FXR imaging of the ballistic event of 9 mm soft projectile on E-glass/epoxy composite. The real time deformation patterns of both the projectile and composite target during the ballistic impact were captured and studied at different time intervals. The notable failure modes of the 10 mm thick target with time include fibre breakage, bulging on the back side, delamination, recovery of the bulging, reverse bulging and its recovery. However, with increase in thickness of the target to 30 mm the only failure mechanism observed is the breaking of fibres. The ballistic impact event was also numerically simulated using commercially available LS-DYNA software. The numerically simulated deformation patterns of the projectile and target at different time intervals are closely matching with the corresponding radiographic images.

High-resolution X-ray flash radiography of Ti characteristic lines with multilayer Kirkpatrick–Baez microscope at the Shenguang-ⅡUpdate laser facility

High-resolution X-ray flash radiography of Ti characteristic lines with a multilayer Kirkpatrick-Baez microscope was developed on the Shenguang-Ⅱ(SG-Ⅱ)Update laser facility.The microscope uses an optimized multilayer design of Co/C and W/C stacks to obtain a high reflection efficiency of the Ti characteristic lines while meeting the precise alignment requirement at the Cu Kα line.The alignment method based on dual simulated balls was proposed herein,which simultaneously realizes an accurate indication of the center field of view and the backlighter position.The optical design,multilayer coatings,and alignment method of the microscope and the experimental result of Ti flash radiography of the Au-coned CH shell target on the SG-Ⅱ Update are described.

Design and experimental research on a self-magnetic pinch diode under MV

A self-magnetic pinch diode （SMPD） integrating an anode foil-reinforced electron beam pinch focus and a small high-dose x-ray spot output was designed and optimized. An x-ray focal spot measuring system was developed in accordance with the principle of pinhole imaging. The designed SMPD and the corresponding measuring system were tested under ~MV, with 1.75 ~ 2 mm2 oval x-ray spots （AWE defined） and forward directed dose 1.6 rad at 1 m. Results confirmed that the anode foil can significantly strengthen the electron beam pinch focus, and the local spot measuring system can collect clear focal spot images. This finding indicated that the principle and method are feasible.

HYBRID REGULARIZED CONE-BEAM RECONSTRUCTION FOR AXIALLY SYMMETRIC OBJECT TOMOGRAPHY

In this paper,we consider 3 D tomographic reconstruction for axially symmetric objects from a single radiograph formed by cone-beam X-rays.All contemporary density reconstruction methods in high-energy X-ray radiography are based on the assumption that the cone beam can be treated as fan beams located at parallel planes perpendicular to the symmetric axis,so that the density of the whole object can be recovered layer by layer.Considering the relationship between different layers,we undertake the cone-beam global reconstruction to solve the ambiguity effect at the material interfaces of the reconstruction results.In view of the anisotropy of classical discrete total variations,a new discretization of total variation which yields sharp edges and has better isotropy is introduced in our reconstruction model.Furthermore,considering that the object density consists of continually changing parts and jumps,a high-order regularization term is introduced.The final hybrid regularization model is solved using the alternating proximal gradient method,which was recently applied in image processing.Density reconstruction results are presented for simulated radiographs,which shows that the proposed method has led to an improvement in terms of the preservation of edge location.