shock testing
1Shock (mechanics) — A mechanical or physical shock is a sudden acceleration or deceleration caused, for example, by impact, drop, kick, earthquake, or explosion. Shock is a transient physical excitation.Shock is usually measured by an accelerometer. This describes a …
2Shock advertising — is a type of advertising generally regarded as one that “deliberately, rather than inadvertently, startles and offends its audience by violating norms for social values and personal ideals.” [Dahl, Darren W. et al.… …
3Shock tube — A shock tube is a device used primarily to study gas phase combustion reactions. Shock tubes (and related shock tunnels) can also be used to study aerodynamic flow under a wide range of temperatures and pressures that are difficult to obtain in… …
4shock tube — noun : a long closed tube of uniform cross section used for studying the transient effects of a shock wave usually produced when a diaphragm dividing the tube into two chambers containing gas at different pressures is ruptured * * * shock tube,… …
5Package testing — Military shipping container being drop tested Testing …
6Underground nuclear testing — Preparation for an underground nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site in the 1990s. Nuclear weapons …
7Modal testing — is a form of vibration testing of an object whereby the natural (modal) frequencies, modal masses, modal damping ratios and mode shapes of the object under test are determined. A modal test consists of an acquisition phase and an analysis phase.… …
8Nuclear weapons testing — Nuclear weapons History Warfare Arms race Design Testing Effects Delivery Espionage …
9Hydrostatic shock — The term hydrostatic shock describes the theory that a penetrating projectile produces remote wounding and incapacitating effects in living targets, in addition to local effects in tissue caused by direct impact, through a hydraulic effect in… …
10Electric shock — Electrocute redirects here. For the band, see Electrocute (band). An electric shock can occur upon contact of a human s body with any source of voltage high enough to cause sufficient current through the muscles or hair. The minimum current a… …
