EXPERIMENTAL SELF-EMPLACEABLE DROP TESTER
Abstract
An experimental, free-fall drop tester designed to be dropped at heights exceeding those of existing NOL conventional testers and produce short duration, high-g impacts is described. Results of a study to determine the device's feasibility for conducting shock tests are presented. Unlike conventional drop testers where only the test carriage is raised and dropped, the self-emplaceable tester is raised and dropped as a unit with the carriage separated from the base by about 14 inches. The base emplaces itself in sand under its own inertia, and milliseconds later the carriage collides with it, producing shock. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 05, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0256501
Entities
People
- V.f. Devost
Organizations
- Naval Ordnance Laboratory