THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTIFREQUENCY VIBRATOR,

Abstract

The vibration caused by missile flight is a noise type signal consisting of many different frequency components. Ground vibration tests of missile components, however, are simple sine wave signals produced by rotating motor generator sets. To bridge this gap, the engineering group at APL undertook the development of a system to vibrate components with a multifrequency signal. The approach to the problem was to replace the motor generator sets with an electronic amplifier as a power source. An actual flight vibration tape could then be used to energize the shaker.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 08, 1955
Accession Number
AD0622290

Entities

People

  • J. S. King Jr.

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Doppler Effect
  • Electronic Amplifier
  • Energy Systems
  • Engineering
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Shift
  • Generators
  • Motor Generators
  • Sine Waves
  • Vibration
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Structural Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems