Foil-like manganin gauges for dynamic high pressure measurements

Foil-like manganin gauges with a variety of shapes used in different ranges of pressure for the one-dimensional strain mode and axisymmetric strain mode were designed for measuring the detonation pressures of explosives and high shock pressure in materials. In the stress range of 0–53.5 GPa, the pressure–piezoresistance relationships of the manganin gauges were calibrated by the light gas gun and the planar lens of explosive. The piezoresistance coefficients were obtained in different ranges of pressure. To verify the coefficients, the detonation pressure (CJ pressure) of TNT explosive was measured by the manganin gauges, which give similar CJ pressure values to those reported by Zhang et al (2009 Detonation Physics (Beijing: Ordnance Industry Press)) with the maximum relative deviation being less than 3%.