Shock Tests

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Shock Tests

EUROLAB Laboratory offers shock testing with the use of our electrodynamic shakers as well as our pneumatic shock machine. In addition, EUROLAB is equipped to generate and analyze Shock Response Spectrum (SRS) shock events. The latest revisions of many federal and military specifications require or offer shock response spectrum as an alternative to the typical classical shock test.

Shock Tests

Our equipment is capable of delivering shock impulses up to 3.000 Gs. Shock testing on our electrodynamic shakers can be performed during vibration testing prior to axis rotation, greatly reducing testing time. Our staff has over two decades of experience in the performance of the SRS shock. Detailed SRS shock profiles are a specialty in Keystone Compliance.

EUROLAB Shock Test Laboratory Equipment
LDS V810 4.000 force pounds electrodynamic shaker Spectral Dynamics 26.000 force pounds electrodynamic shaker Avco SM-110 Pneumatic Shock Machine Dornier (custom) shock table

Shock Test Overview
According to MIL-STD 810 Method 516, shock tests are performed to ensure that the material can withstand relatively infrequent shocks or transient vibrations encountered in transport, shipping, and service environments. Shock tests are also used to measure the fragility of an item so that packaging can be designed to test the strength of devices that attach equipment to platforms that can protect it and, if necessary, collapse.

Mechanical shocks will excite an equipment item to respond at both imperative and natural frequencies. This response can cause, among other things:

  1. Failures caused by increased or decreased friction or interaction between parts.
  2. Changes in dielectric strength, loss of insulation resistance, vibrations in magnetic and electrostatic field strength.
  3. Permanent deformation due to excessive stretching.
  4. Faster fatigue of materials (lower cycle fatigue)

Shock Test Standards

  • AREMA Section 11.5.1 Shock
  • EN 61373 Part 10.0 Piroshock
  • IEC 50155
  • IEC 60068 2 27
  • IEC 60601 1 11
  • MIL-STD 202 Method 213 Shock
  • MIL-STD 750 Method 2016 Shock
  • MIL-STD 810 Method 516 Shock
  • MIL-STD-883
  • MIL-STD-1344 Part 2004 Pyroshock
  • RTCA/DO-160 Section 7.0 Operational Shock

Shock testing is just one of the dynamic testing services we offer and our laboratory is equipped with the necessary equipment.

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