THE PHILOSOPHY OF VIBRATION TESTING,

Abstract

Most vibration encountered in the various transportation vehicles such as aircraft, guided missiles, trucks, etc. is a stochastic function and bears no resemblance to a sine wave. Therefore, to conduct a realistic vibration test for the acceptance of a component, a multi-frequency forcing function should be used to drive the shaker. However, for design modification purposes a sine wave vibration test is more useful. This paper provides the engineer with a guide towards proper vibration analysis and a method of using the results of this analysis to specify an adequate vibration test. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1956
Accession Number
AD0657111

Entities

People

  • Robert L. Stallard

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Doppler Effect
  • Engineers
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Shift
  • Guided Missiles
  • Philosophy
  • Sine Waves
  • Transportation
  • Vehicles
  • Vibration
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Acoustics.
  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.