HAND-HELD SHOCK TESTER WOX-6A,

Abstract

A 5.1-pound shock tester the size of a hand tool is described. For items the weight of piezoelectric accelerometers, the tester produces shock pulses ranging from 400 g to 1000 g peak with durations of one millisecond and velocity changes up to 15 fps. In operation, two 6.2-ounce, constant-load spring motors accelerate a small, 77.5-gram test vehicle and payload down a 6-inch barrel at a maximum impact velocity of 10 fps. Impact is against a thin rubber disk bonded to a high-impact nylon plastic spring. The hand grip of the tester makes up 80 percent of the tester weight and is the reaction mass for the shock vehicle. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 29, 1964
Accession Number
AD0613020

Entities

People

  • John E. Messner

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accelerometers
  • Instrumentation
  • Piezoelectric Accelerometers
  • Test Vehicles
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • ballistics.