Programming means for shock testing machines
Abstract
Abstract A SHOCK PROGRAMMER FOR USE WITH SHOCK TESTING APPARATUS WHEREIN A STRIKER MEMBER WHICH MAY BE ON THE UNDERSIDE OF A MOVABLE SPECIMEN-SUPPORTING CARRIAGE, IS ADAPTED TO BE DECELERATED IN A DESIRED MANNER BY ENGAGEMENT WITH A FORCE RESISTING CHANNEL WHICH CHANNEL HAS AN ELASTOMERIC SPRING MEANS, OR OTHER SUITABLE ENERGY ABSORBING MEANS, ARRANGED SO THAT THE ENERGY OF THE IMPACTING STRIKER MEMBER IS IMPARTED SIMULTANEOUSLY TO THE CHANNEL AND THE ELASTOMERIC SPRING MEANS. THE REACTION FORCE CAN BE ADJUSTED, AS REQUIRED TO OBTAIN A DESIRED SHOCK PULSE, BY ADJUSTMENT OF THE SHAPE OF THE TAPERED IMPACT CHANNEL AND SELECTION AND/OR ADJUSTMENT OF THE CHARACTERISTICS EXHIBITED BY THE ENERGY ABSORBING-STORING MEANS.
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- 👤 Gilbert F Hill
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