The Floating Shock Platform for Shock Testing Equipment up to 30,000 Pounds

Abstract

Heavy shipboard equipment weighing up to 30,000 lbs can now be shock tested on a shock test vehicle by the Underwater Explosions Research Division of the David Taylor Model Basin. This vehicle, called the Floating Shock Platform, was designed and built to provide a realistic environmental shock test facility to handle equipment exceeding the weight capacity of conventional impact shock machines. The Floating Shock Platform was designed to represent the double bottom structure of a surface ship hull. For shock testing of equipment the Platform is usually subjected to five underwater explosion attacks varying from light to severe shock intensity.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0442256

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  • Ground and Sea Platforms

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  • Cost Estimates
  • Costs
  • Explosions
  • High Speed Photography
  • Impact Shock
  • Instrumentation
  • Model Basins
  • Navy
  • Platforms
  • Ship Model Basins
  • Ships
  • Shock
  • Shock Tests
  • Test Equipment
  • Test Facilities
  • Underwater Explosions
  • Vehicles

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