Use and Upgrade of the USACERL Biaxial Shock Test Machine: Workshop Summary
Abstract
This report summarizes a workshop at the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (USACERL) on 26 and 27 July 1990. The workshop was an assembly of Government engineers, and university and private industry researchers. It covered the use and potential upgrade of the USACERL Biaxial Shock Test Machine (BSTM) as well as the use of shake tables in general. Workshop participants discussed the BSTMS's capabilities, its applicability to perform seismic engineering and structural response, strategies to use it to support non-Department of Defense agencies, and potential upgrade configurations for it. Uses for shake tables are typically applied to three general categories of research: shock loads on structures and equipment vibration effects on equipment, and seismic velocity/waves effects on structures and equipment. The desired application heavily influences the performance characteristics of a table, including peak velocities and accelerations, motion frequency ranges, and peak displacement (stroke) capabilities.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA237353
Entities
People
- Ghassan Al-chaar
- James B. Gambill
- James Wilcoski
- John R. Hayes Jr.
- Pamalee A. Brady
Organizations
- Construction Engineering Research Laboratory