Shock Testing (142)

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Chapter Outline

Chapter 8 - Shock Testing (Mechanical Shock Techniques)

  • Types of Mechanical Shock Testing
    • Impulse Shock Test
  • Shock Pulse — Acceleration, Velocity and Displacement
  • Example
  • Drop Test Machines
  • Navy Impact Machines
  • The “Light-Weight” Shock Tester
  • High-Amplitude, High-Frequency “Impact” Transient Simulators
  • Impact Shock Simulators
  • MIPS Table .. Closer Look
  • Programmable Systems
    • Moderate-Level and/or Mid-Frequency Transients
    • Electrodynamic Shakers
    • Electrohydraulic (EH) Shakers
    • Piezoelectric Shakers
    • Shaker Technologies—Stroke vs. Frequency Range
    • Electrodynamic and Electrohydraulic Exciters
    • Optimized Tailoring
  • Generation of Oscillatory Transients
    • Decaying Oscillatory Acceleration
  • Shaker Optimized Cosine (SHOC) Pulses
  • Least Favorable Response
  • Pyrotechnic Shock
    • Simulating the Damage from a PyroShock “Event”
    • Rupture Energy Fixture
    • More Realistic Pyroshock Arrangements
  • Shock Testing Problem Areas
    • Data As We See It.
    • What Our System Has To Handle
  • Drop Machines
    • Objectives
    • Pendulum Type Shock Machine
    • Free-Fall Shock Machine
    • Drop Testing Machine

Video Outline

Shock Testing (part 1 of 2)

Shock Testing part (2 of 2)