Piezoelectric method for measuring the parameters of shock-induced dust flows

This paper describes a piezoelectric method for measuring the density and mass of ejecta from the free surface of a condensed material upon arrival of a shock wave at it and the use of this method at the Institute of Physics of Explosion (Institute of Experimental Physics of the Russian Federal Nuclear Center, Sarov). Piezoelectric sensor designs and methods of recording and signal processing are presented. Results of measuring the density and mass of ejecta using piezoelectric sensors, radiography, protonography, and the method of indicator foils are compared.