Methods, systems, algorithms, signal processing means and devices for detecting the Treacle mass slug created by a shock wave and determination of the dynamic pressure, density, velocity and conductivity by Alfén wave identification

An algorithmic method of determining a real time for the dynamic pressure, density, velocity, length, conductivity, and impulse of a Treacle formed in the reaction zone of a shock wave, the method comprising the steps of:

• Applying a magnetic flux across a Treacle disposed within a channel, wherein the channel comprises substantially constant dimensions as the Treacle propagates through the channel;
• Transforming kinetic energy from the Treacle into electrical energy;
• Applying a high potential electrode to the electrical energy;
• Applying a low potential electrode to the electrical energy;
• and
• Coupling an electrical load conductively with the high potential electrode and the low potential electrode to dissipate the kinetic energy from the Treacle;
• said coupling step further comprising the steps of:
• Measuring electrical voltage versus time of Treacle output into an open circuit or load;
• Sifting an initial pulse;
• Measuring the initial pulse's open circuit peak voltage;
• Determining the Treacle velocity from the known geometry of the channel and the applied magnetic field;
• Determining the spectral content of the sifted pulse;
• Identifying the Alfvén magnetic wave velocity utilizing the highest and strongest spectral component measured;
• Determining Treacle density from the Alfvén wave velocity;
• Determining Treacle dynamic pressure by applying the density and velocity results to the dynamic pressure equation of Newton;
• Measuring the time duration of the sifted pulse's peak voltage flat-top which is duration of average zero slope at the peak of the signal;
• Determining the Treacle length by multiplying the time duration by the Treacle velocity;
• Determining the power contained in the Treacle by application of the electromagnetic Poynting vector relationship for a non-magnetic Treacle media and the channel geometry;
• Dividing the Treacle power by the Treacle length to yield conductivity of the Treacle;
• and
• Determining the Treacle's impulse by multiplying Treacle density by Treacle velocity and dividing by the Treacle length.