Shock and Vibration Bulletin, No. 11
Abstract
A warning is sounded to those technologies who assume that model testing data are conclusive criteria for design. The laws of physical similitude are an essential basis for all model testing, but they cannot in general be applied to all factors relating the model to the full scale structure. Success in model testing depends, therefore, on the degree with which supplemental tests and interpretation can take account of the lack of full physical similitude between model and prototype. There is an urgent need to correlate model testing data with experiments on prototypes before models can achieve their full usefulness in design.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1949
- Accession Number
- AD1210653
Entities
People
- C. B. Brown
- D. C. Kennard
- E. H. Jones
- Edward Jr Wenk
- G. L. Getline
- H. A. Magrath
- J. C. New
- L. B. Tuckerman
- N. E. Lee
- P. J. Franklin
- R. E. Blake
- T. E. Dinsmoor
Organizations
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Naval Ordnance Laboratory
- United States Naval Research Laboratory