The Cinematic Display of Numerical Solutions of Explosion Hydrodynamics Problems
Bernard E. Drimmer, A. D. Solem, Helen M. Sternberg · Journal of the SMPTE · 1961
High-speed computers are used to solve explosion and shock problems. Each problem is set up as a grid system, each point having the physical characteristics of the corresponding position in the explosion system. Periodically the new positions of all calculated points are simultaneously displayed as dots on an oscilloscope screen, photographed, and later animated, providing rapid visualization of the motion. A motion picture shows such animation including comparison of a corresponding explosion event recorded at one million frames per second by a Beckman & Whitley Model 189 Framing Camera.