It took decades for technology to catch up with the math that a researcher worked out to control vibration table shakers. This researcher knew that shaking in all directions at once was the key to ...

NASA is shaking things up in its preparations for future manned space flights with a 55,000-pound table designed to replicate the forces of a rocket during launch. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser ...

There are natural frequencies in all equipment that have components. Generally, they exist in the 8 to 200 Hz environmental spectrum. Figure 46.1 demonstrates the transmissibility and resonant ...

Vibration testing emerged in the early 1960s as electronics systems became more complex and widely available. This led to a need for greater reliability, with one of the major early adopters being the ...

Although air tables have been around for the better part of a half-century, negative-stiffness systems offer new, useful abilities For almost 40 years, pneumatic vibration isolators have been the ...

Vibration testing helps to predict how well a product will withstand its intended service or transportation environment. Some new vibration controllers have the capability to replicate data recorded ...

A key element of the new product development cycle for companies in the automotive, military, medical device, and electronics industries is shock and mechanical vibration testing. For unbiased ...