The Floating Shock Platform for Shock Testing Equipment Up to 30,000 Pounds
The Floating Shock Platform for Shock Testing Equipment Up to 30,000 Pounds
Heavy shipboard equipment weighing up to 30,000 lbs can now be shock tested on a shock test vehicle by the Underwater Explosions Research Division of the David Taylor Model Basin. This vehicle, called the Floating Shock Platform, was designed and built to provide a realistic environmental shock test facility to handle equipment exceeding the weight capacity of conventional impact shock machines. The Floating Shock Platform was designed to represent the double bottom structure of a surface ship hull. For shock testing of equipment the Platform is usually subjected to five underwater explosion attacks varying from light to severe shock intensity. (Author)
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The Floating Shock Platform for Shock Testing Equipment Up to 30,000 Pounds
1961
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