The fixture is the portion of the overall system whose function is to faithfully transmit the prescribed input from the shaker system into the test article under test.
Purposes of vibration testing
The primary purpose of vibration testing is to accurately produce, in a laboratory setting, real-world vibration environments for a large number of structures, devices and products.
Environmental testing: the transducers
When conducting an environmental test, signals are received from the device under test that describe the condition of the device in relation to a particular test parameter.
Introduction to environmental testing
Environmental testing is part of the work done by the Test and Measurement industry.
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