Fundamentals of Random Vibration & Shock Testing HALT, ESS & HASS
The Fundamentals of Random Vibration & Shock Testing HALT, ESS & HASS is a minimal-mathematics, minimal-theory text emphasizes test and measurement hardware and practice. Based in part upon Tustin’s lecture notes, it includes new material on digital techniques for spectrum analysis and for digital control of shakers for random, sine and shock testing.
The principal focus is on random vibration and Military Standard 810 (MIL-STD 810). The author shows the need for measurements and describes the most-used instruments for quantizing displacement, velocity, acceleration and force. He discusses instrument selection, usage and calibration. Most effective readouts, including spectrum analysis, are considered. He clarifies such electronic terminology as deciBels and spectral density (g2/Hz). To provide perspective, he briefly discusses relatively obsolete sinusoidal measurements and testing, also such peripheral subjects as torsional vibration, seismic simulation, acoustic (intense noise) as well as shock measurement and testing.
The Fundamentals of Random Vibration & Shock text is intended Engineers, Technicians and Designers
The audience for this text includes vibration and shock test engineers and technicians, as well as designers of military and commercial electronic and other hardware that must survive rigorous tests and then later function reliably aboard aircraft, land and sea vehicles as well as in the office environment. Courses and text are needed because this preparation has rarely been offered by universities to their engineering undergraduates.
The text is also intended for participants in Equipment Reliability Institute’s open and onsite courses. Many participants are environmental engineering specialists (needed per Military Standard 810); test engineers and technicians who quantize in-service dynamic environments, later to develop and conduct random vibration tests; quality and reliability specialists, facilities engineers and product designers who interface with environmental testing laboratories; quality control and manufacturing personnel involved with 100% production stress screening of electronics; protective packaging designers who develop appropriate random vibration and shock tests; nuclear power engineers who conduct seismic simulation; plant maintenance personnel who monitor and analyze rotating machinery vibration.
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This book is also used in ERI short courses in the USA and abroad, dealing with those topics. Courses also deal with HALT, ESS and HASS, as well as with vibration and shock measurements, analysis and calibration.
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“From the “wet behind the ears” to the “well beyond his years”, Tustin’s book is a great resource and learning tool for anyone involved, or planning to be involved, with dynamics testing of any kind. Thanks!”
Thanks again for the quick response and for an excellent text. The book has clarified the SRS issue and some other small questions I had with clear analogies and examples.
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Very interesting, specifically understanding differences between European and USA approaches.