Testing to Standards

Military/Defense, Aviation, Automotive, Electronics, Seismic, Transportation - every industry has their own specifications.

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Data Physics provides acoustic, vibration, and shock test systems and instrumentation for the following test specifications. 

Military/Defense Standards

Devices that are used in all military vehicles must be subjected to vibration testing to ensure the device can withstand the environment posed by the vehicle.

This Standard contains materiel acquisition program planning and engineering direction for considering the influences that environmental stresses have on materiel throughout all phases of its service life. It is important to note that this document does not impose design or test specifications. Rather, it describes the environmental tailoring process that results in realistic materiel designs and test methods based on materiel system performance requirements.  Vibration, acoustic, and shock methods in this standard include:

  • Method 514.8 General Vibration
  • Method 515.8 Acoustic Noise
  • Method 516.8 Shock
  • Method 517.3 Pyroshock
  • Method 519.8 Gunfire Shock
  • Method 520.5 Combined Environments
  • Method 522.2 Ballistic Shock
  • Method 523.4 Vibro-Acoustic/Temperature
  • Method 525.2 Time Waveform Replication
  • Method 527.2 Multi-Exciter Test

This Standard contains materiel acquisition program planning and engineering direction for considering the influences that environmental stresses have on materiel throughout all phases of its service life. It is important to note that this document does not impose design or test specifications. Rather, it describes the environmental tailoring process that results in realistic materiel designs and test methods based on materiel system performance requirements.  Vibration, acoustic, and shock methods in this standard include:

  • Method 514.8 General Vibration
  • Method 515.8 Acoustic Noise
  • Method 516.8 Shock
  • Method 517.3 Pyroshock
  • Method 519.8 Gunfire Shock
  • Method 520.5 Combined Environments
  • Method 522.2 Ballistic Shock
  • Method 523.4 Vibro-Acoustic/Temperature
  • Method 525.2 Time Waveform Replication
  • Method 527.2 Multi-Exciter Test

This Standard contains materiel acquisition program planning and engineering direction for considering the influences that environmental stresses have on materiel throughout all phases of its service life. It is important to note that this document does not impose design or test specifications. Rather, it describes the environmental tailoring process that results in realistic materiel designs and test methods based on materiel system performance requirements.  Vibration, acoustic, and shock methods in this standard include:

  • Method 514.8 General Vibration
  • Method 515.8 Acoustic Noise
  • Method 516.8 Shock
  • Method 517.3 Pyroshock
  • Method 519.8 Gunfire Shock
  • Method 520.5 Combined Environments
  • Method 522.2 Ballistic Shock
  • Method 523.4 Vibro-Acoustic/Temperature
  • Method 525.2 Time Waveform Replication
  • Method 527.2 Multi-Exciter Test

This Standard contains materiel acquisition program planning and engineering direction for considering the influences that environmental stresses have on materiel throughout all phases of its service life. It is important to note that this document does not impose design or test specifications. Rather, it describes the environmental tailoring process that results in realistic materiel designs and test methods based on materiel system performance requirements.  Vibration, acoustic, and shock methods in this standard include:

  • Method 514.8 General Vibration
  • Method 515.8 Acoustic Noise
  • Method 516.8 Shock
  • Method 517.3 Pyroshock
  • Method 519.8 Gunfire Shock
  • Method 520.5 Combined Environments
  • Method 522.2 Ballistic Shock
  • Method 523.4 Vibro-Acoustic/Temperature
  • Method 525.2 Time Waveform Replication
  • Method 527.2 Multi-Exciter Test

This Standard contains materiel acquisition program planning and engineering direction for considering the influences that environmental stresses have on materiel throughout all phases of its service life. It is important to note that this document does not impose design or test specifications. Rather, it describes the environmental tailoring process that results in realistic materiel designs and test methods based on materiel system performance requirements.  Vibration, acoustic, and shock methods in this standard include:

  • Method 514.8 General Vibration
  • Method 515.8 Acoustic Noise
  • Method 516.8 Shock
  • Method 517.3 Pyroshock
  • Method 519.8 Gunfire Shock
  • Method 520.5 Combined Environments
  • Method 522.2 Ballistic Shock
  • Method 523.4 Vibro-Acoustic/Temperature
  • Method 525.2 Time Waveform Replication
  • Method 527.2 Multi-Exciter Test

These are the NATO standards for replication of the effects of vibration environments incurred by systems, subsystems and units. Vibration, acoustic, and shock methods in this standard include:

  • Method 401 Vibration
  • Method 402 Acoustic Noise
  • Method 403 Classical Waveform shock
  • Method 405 Gunfire
  • Method 414 Acoustic noise combined with temperature and vibration
  • Method 417 SRS Shock Control
  • Method 418 Motion Platform
  • Method 420 Buffet Vibration
  • Method 421 Multi-Exciter Vibration and Shock Testing

This standard establishes uniform methods for testing electronic and electrical component parts, including basic environmental tests to determine resistance to deleterious effects of natural elements and conditions surrounding military operations, and physical and electrical tests. For the purpose of this standard, the term \”component parts\” includes such items as capacitors, resistors, switches, relays, transformers, inductors, and others. This standard is intended to apply only to small component parts, weighing up to 300 pounds or having a root mean square test voltage up to 50,000 volts unless otherwise specifically invoked.

This standard covers the requirement of most naval machinery and equipment as regards both internally excited vibrations, and externally imposed vibrations.

This publication provides guidance concerning the use of temperature cycling and random vibration as manufacturing screens for defects in both parts and workmanship. The requirements for such screens are called out in Navy instructions and reflected in contract requirements.

Aviation

All commercial aviation equipment must go through rigorous testing to prevent any possible failures in flight.  Some common standards Data Physics systems test to include:

RTCA DO-160G provides standard procedures and environmental test criteria for testing airborne equipment for the entire spectrum of aircraft from light general aviation aircraft and helicopters through the “jumbo jets” and SST categories of aircraft.

This document supersedes document EUROCAE ED-14F of March 2008. ED-14G provides standard procedures and environmental test criteria for testing airborne equipment for the entire spectrum of aircraft from light general aviation aircraft and helicopters through the “jumbo jets” and SST categories of aircraft.

This NASA Technical Standard establishes the uniform use of test factors in the vibroacoustic verification process for spaceflight payload hardware. This NASA Technical Standard provides test factors for verification of payload hardware for qualification, protoflight, and flight acceptance programs. In addition, minimum workmanship test levels are included. With the exception of minimum workmanship test levels, these levels are provided in relation to the maximum expected flight level (MEFL). Although the major emphasis of this NASA Technical Standard is on test levels, it also covers test duration, test control tolerances, data analysis, test tailoring, payload fill effects, and analysis methods.

Automotive

Each automotive subsystem is tested to an automotive spec to ensure road vibrations don’t prematurely any of its parts fail. Some common standards Data Physics systems test to include:

This standard applies to Electrical/Electronic (E/E) components for passenger or commercial vehicles and trucks. The standard describes the environmental and durability tests for E/E components based on mounting location.

ISO 10326-1:2016 specifies basic requirements for the laboratory testing of vibration transmission through a vehicle seat to the occupant. These methods for measurement and analysis make it possible to compare test results from different laboratories for equivalent seats.

ISO 19453-1:2018 specifies requirements for the electric propulsion systems and components with maximum working voltages according to voltage class B. It does not apply to high voltage battery packs (e.g. for traction) and systems or components inside. It describes the potential environmental stresses and specifies tests and requirements recommended for different stress levels on/in the vehicle.

This Japanese Industrial Standard specifies the vibration testing methods for automobile parts, including:

  • Resonance frequency detection tests
  • Vibration function test
  • Vibration endurance test
  • Sweep vibration endurance test

Transportaion

Electronics

Vibration is often a contributing factor to failures in electronics – whether the failure is a torn current lead or a broken PCB.  Electronics must be tested for their robustness to ensure they can withstand their transportation and in-situ environments. 

Seismic

Seismic vibration testing involves measurements and activity concerning earth motion, such as earthquakes. Seismic tests are often multi shaker tests.  Some examples of seismic standards are:

This Generic Requirements document (GR) presents minimum spatial and environmental criteria for all new telecommunications equipment used in Central Offices (COs) and other environmentally controlled telecommunications equipment spaces. These criteria were developed jointly by Telcordia-NIS and industry representatives. They are applicable to switching and transport systems, associated Cable Distribution Systems (CDSs), Distributing and Interconnecting Frames (DFs and IFs), power equipment, operations support systems, and Cable Entrance Facilities (CEFs). Compliance with these requirements may increase network robustness, simplify equipment installation, and promote the economical planning, engineering, and operation of equipment spaces.

Practices are provided for establishing procedures that will yield data to demonstrate that the equipment can meet its performance requirements during and/or following one safe shutdown earthquake event preceded by a number of operating basis earthquake events. This standard may be used to establish tests, analyses, or experienced-based evaluations that will yield data to demonstrate equipment performance claims or to evaluate and verify performance of devices and assemblies as part of an overall qualification effort. 

The purpose of this criteria is to establish minimum requirements for the seismic certification by shake-table testing of nonstructural components.