The Transient Waveform Control Test Method for the Qualification of Missile/Rocket Fuze Materiel to Service Environments
Abstract
An automated, digital minicomputer-based, Transient Waveform Control (TWC) test method is presented. Use of the method allows synthesis of classical and/or complex shock and vibration signatures on an electrodynamic shaker to at least the 3000-Hz range, but within the force, stroke, and velocity limitations associated with the specific test system. The test method makes it possible to test quality, during production operations or in the laboratory, missile/rocket fuze materiel to selective service environments that heretofore could be achieved only during costly field tests. That the method can replicate complex service environments is demonstrated for the launch conditions of the PATRIOT missile fuze. Also presented are test results showing the applicability of the method in the synthesis of classical shock pulses commonly specified in MIL-STD- 810C/331A and often invoked in the qualification testing of production missile, rocket, and ammunition fuze materiel. The report underlines the basic principles and operational features behind the TWC method and presents test execution procedures, as well as testing results for a variety of shaker-synthesized transients. Factors which impose operational constraints on the use of the TWC method are included. Also presented are technical and cost-effective benefits that can potentially be realized from inclusion of the TWC method into the technical data package of missile/rocket fuzes and materiel developed by Harry Diamond Laboratories.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1982
- Accession Number
- ADA123962
Entities
People
- Abraham Frydman
Organizations
- Harry Diamond Laboratories