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Engineers may add a device to their vibration control setup to perform an independent measurement.

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A global aircraft manufacturer needed to handle fiberglass nose cones throughout their process. 

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Force limited vibration testing limits the upper vibration level on any number of control or measurement channels, thus minimizing overtesting of the structure

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Avionics electronics, automotive electronics and other power electronics circuitry require accurate calibration of sensing circuits.

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The goal of vibration testing is to reflect the operational environment of a product as closely as possible. However, engineers may manipulate a vibration signal to meet the shaker system limits or test objectives.
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Parker Hannifin’s Wheel and Brake division conducts a wide variety of tests to ensure the proper and safe operation of aircraft wheels and brakes The laboratory was using different ageing instruments and systems to perform these tests.

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Understanding the terminology and requirements related to the "holdup" time parameter can be valuable for system designers in the airborne industry.


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The challenge with collecting large amounts of data at the tactical edge is that it is often transferred to off-site servers for processing and analysis and then archived on mixed media at different sites.

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As we know, no electronic product or anything else for that matter, performs as described in introductory electronics textbooks in which all designs have ideal components. 

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Correctly measuring acceleration on angled surfaces is one of the major challenges of modal analysis. 

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Mankind has witnessed four major industrial revolutions over the past 300 years; each of which has led to rapid changes in manufacturing and production leading to sustained economic growth

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The goal of the Propulsion Department of Skyward Experimental Rocketry for the season 2021/2022 was to design, build and test a hybrid rocket engine, named Chimæra.

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Storing petabytes of data in an air-conditioned data center is not a challenging task. But putting that amount of information into a space-constrained defense server — and ensuring it’s capable of handling high vibrations and extreme elements such as altitude, temperatures and humidity — requires innovation and a specialized level of expertise.

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Ever since the field of “Electromagnetic Compatibility” (EMC) became mainstream, its principles and methods are applied in order to ensure that electric and electronic equipment is performing as intended in its environment and is safe to use.

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Acquiring data from 128 channels simultaneously at a rate of up to 100 kS/s while maintaining the ability to monitor time domain data online in real-time and store all data continuously onto a RAID system.

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Learn how LXI protects your data acquisition investment in our latest white paper: "LXI: The Solution for Data Acquisition."

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CompactPCI is the solution to many complex problems – and it will continue to be the key to meeting challenges across a wide range of industries. Learn more here.
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In this article we will learn about IMU (inertial measurement units) and INS (inertial navigation systems)

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Designers and engineers use such testing to study and assess aerodynamics and fluid flow phenomena. Wind tunnels enable them to validate the efficiency and durability of anything from architectural elements to cars and aircraft.

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Introducing the VFG, the most advanced touchscreen force gauge, powered by Vector OS.

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