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2005-892: Technicians adjust the Fluids and Combustion Facility Rack prior to testing in the SDL 2005-897: Technicians adjust the Fluids and Combustion Facility Rack prior to testing in the SDL
Facility Capabilities
Environmental Testing
  • Sinusoidal Vibration
    • Sine Sweep
    • Sine Burst
    • Sine Chirp
  • Random Vibration
  • Classical Shock
  • Force Limiting

Modal Testing (Impact and MIMO)

  • Boundary Conditions:
    • Fixed - base
    • Driven - base
    • Free - Free
  • 10’ X 10’ Modal Floor with a 4” X 4” mounting hole pattern
  • 50 and 100 Lbf MB portable shakers
  • Resonant frequency/mode shapes
  • Structural damping
  • Component interface environments

Technical Capability Summary

  • Excitation
    • Ling Electronics 4022:
      ▪ Sine: 40,000 Lbf
      ▪ Random: 35,000 Lbf
      ▪ Stroke: 1.5 in. pk-pk
    • MB Dynamics C-220 (Converted C210):
      ▪ Sine: 35,000 Lbf
      ▪ Random: 35,000 Lbf
      ▪ Stroke: 1.0 in. pk-pk
    • MB Dynamics C-60
      ▪ Sine: 6,000 Lbf
      ▪ Random: 4,500 Lbf
      ▪ Stroke: 1.0 in. pk-pk.
  • Control
    • Spectral Dynamics Jaguar:
      ▪ 18 Input Channels
      ▪ Sinusoidal vibration control and analysis software
      ▪ Random vibration control and analysis software
      ▪ Shock control and analysis software
    • Spectral Dynamics (GenRad) 2552B:
      ▪ 12 Input Channels
      ▪ Sinusoidal vibration control and analysis software
      ▪ Random vibration control and analysis software
      ▪ Shock control and analysis software

Data Acquisition

  • 100 Channels of Piezoelectric Accelerometer Signal Conditioning
  • 60 Channels of Analog Signal Recording (DAT format)
  • MTS IDEAS Test Acquisition and Analysis Software
    ▪ 92 Channel VXI 1432 Cards Voltage/ICP Accelerometer Digital Acquisition System
  • Two Independent (or combined) 48 Channel HP VXI based Digital Acquisition Systems
  • Portable Data Acquisition capability
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Last Updated: May 14, 2007