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BS 6140-1:1981

Superseded

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Test equipment for generating vibration Methods of describing characteristics of electrodynamic test equipment for generating vibration

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

30-09-1981

Superseded date

19-07-2004

$623.34
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Summarise this standard

National foreword
Cooperating organizations
Method
0 Introduction
1 Scope and field of application
2 References
3 Symbols
4 Units and quantities
5 Definitions
6 Characteristics to be supplied by the manufacturer
7 Electrodynamic vibration generators
8 Power amplifiers
9 Electrodynamic vibration generator and amplifier
    system
Annexes
A Typical arrangement of an electrodynamic vibration
    generator
B Methods of measurement or calculation of various
    components of electrodynamic vibration generators
Tables
1 Vibration generator
2 Power amplifier
3 Generator/amplifier system
Figures
1 Curve of maximum apparent power versus frequency
2 Total harmonic distortion as a function of apparent
    power at a given frequency
3 Total harmonic distortion as a function of frequency
    at the rated apparent power
4 Acceleration per unit current in the moving element
    coil
5 Acceleration per unit voltage across the moving
    element coil terminals
6 Apparent random power Pb
7 Typical arrangement of an electrodynamic vibration
    generator with vibrating table
8 Typical arrangement of an electrodynamic vibration
    generator with force take-off (exciter)
9 Typical arrangement for coupling an electrodynamic
    vibration generator to an auxiliary table
10 Installation diagram

Covers vibration generators, power amplifiers and generator/amplifier systems. Permits comparisons of predicted performance for systems using items from different manufacturers and gives three combinations of characteristics for particular test equipment applications.

Committee
GME/21
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
38
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy

Standards Relationship
ISO 5344:2004 Identical
UNE-EN 60794-3-12:2013 Identical

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