PVDFSTRESS: A PC-based computer program to reduce Bauer PVDF stress-rate gauge data

A computer program has been developed to reduce and analyze data from a standardized piezoelectric polymer (PVDF) shock-wave stress rate gauge. The program is menu driven with versatile graphic capabilities, input/output file options, hard copy options, and unique data processing capabilities. This program was designed to analyze digital ``current-mode`` data recorded from a Bauer PVDF stress-rate gauge and reduce it to a stress-versus-time record. The program was also designed to combine two simulanteously recorded data channels.