Accession Number:

AD0626571

Title:

LIMITATIONS OF INSTRUMENTATION FOR MECHANICAL SHOCK MEASUREMENT.

Descriptive Note:

Interim rept.,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

• OLESON,M. W.

Report Date:

1965-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

29.0

Abstract:

The report is basically a review of contemporary mechanical shock measurement practice, the applicable instruments, and their range of use. It includes discussion of the problem factors which condition selection of a measurement system, most of the commonly employed transducers, a representative shock measurement application, and elementary accuracy considerations. A recent program carried out involving 1500 shock records provides useful examples of shock measurement applications of a variety of transducers. No specific conclusions or recommendations are presented in the report, since the purpose is to outline the capabilities and limitations of instrumentation suited for use in a variety of measurement problems.

Descriptors:

• *SHOCK(MECHANICS)
• *INSTRUMENTATION
• MEASUREMENT
• SHOCK(MECHANICS)
• STATE OF THE ART
• TEST EQUIPMENT
• SELECTION
• PIEZOELECTRIC GAGES
• PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS
• STRAIN(MECHANICS)
• TRANSDUCERS
• TEST METHODS
• EXPERIMENTAL DATA
• ERRORS

Subject Categories:

• Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE