Acceleration Levels of Dropped Objects
This paper is intended to provide an overview of drop shock testing, which is defined as the acceleration experienced by an object dropped onto a hard surface. The practical application of this work is to characterize the acceleration levels generated when an accelerometer is dropped onto a rigid surface. Similar dynamic responses can be inferred to the object on which the accelerometer is mounted.
An accelerometer is a particularly convenient object to evaluate, since it may directly characterize the amplitude and pulse width generated from an impact. Many accelerometers have maximum acceleration ratings which are sufficient to measure high acceleration levels in a wide variety of applications. It should be realized that in almost every case, ratings may be exceeded by seemingly benign handling shocks.
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