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Originally Posted by Shankenstein
Regarding mechanical shock testing, it's typically done with a pneumatic/hydraulic system like this:
It builds pressure then pushes the parts up in one-shot. High force (40 - 200G) and short duration (5 - 20 ms).
For milder shock testing where you're not going to have fixture or parts resonance... you can use a shaker table (this one is using a slip table).
Doing a control arm would be complicated. You'd need to fix both 2 of 3 pivot points and apply the shock load on the third (just like with the Instron testing above).
It's probably cheaper to just throw it on a race car and beat on it. |
This is how WE do shock testing. (To be clear, this is not my video, but my product has been through this test at this facility.)
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_a-XjdGV_s"]MIL-STD-901D shock test, 20 feet - YouTube[/ame]