Random vibration generator
AssigneeMechanical Technology Incorporated
InventorsDouglas C. Nolan, Joseph T. Hubbard
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Abstract
A random vibration generator includes a hollow tabletop for supporting equipment to be subjected to vibration, and a sinusoidal reaction-type vibration machine connected to the tabletop to produce a sinusoidal vibration of adjustable frequency and amplitude. The hollow tabletop is horizontally divided into four sections, each containing a number of projectiles such as heavy balls which roll and bounce about within the compartments in the tabletop, impacting with the floor and ceiling of the compartment and with each other in a random fashion to produce random shocks over a wide band of frequency and amplitude, and subject the equipment to every possible vibration failure mode that might occur in nature.
Claims10
A random vibration generator for generating and transmitting to a test object, shocks over a wide band of frequency, amplitude and G-level, on a vibration machine, comprising:
- a housing including floor, ceiling and walls defining a hollow enclosed chamber;
- means for connecting together a test object and said housing;
- partition means within said housing extending between said floor and ceiling, for dividing said chamber into a plurality of separate compartments;
- a plurality of loose projectiles within said chamber and distributed among said compartments;
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- whereby when said vibration machine oscillates with a component transverse to said floor and said ceiling, it will cause said projectiles to bounce about within said compartments, impacting with said floor and ceiling, to generate shocks over a wide bandwidth of frequency, amplitude and G-level, which shocks are transmitted to the test object.
A method for generating and transmitting, to a test object, shocks over a wide band of frequency, amplitude and G-level, comprising:
- mounting the test object to a hollow housing having a narrow depth in relation to its length and width, and containing a plurality of projectiles of various masses and sizes;
- shaking said housing and the test object at accelerations having a component parallel to the narrow depth of said housing greater than 1 g, and with a stroke long enough to cause said projectiles to strike the large area walls of said housing;
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- whereby said projectiles will be caused by said shaking to impact against said large area walls of said housing, to generate shocks over a broad spectrum of frequencies, amplitudes and G-level which are transmitted through said housing to the test object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.