HD 323.2.29 S2:1989

Basic environmental testing procedures - Part 2: Tests - Test Eb and guidance: Bump

Scope

This test is applicable to components, equipments and other electrotechnical products, hereinafter referred to as "specimens" which, during transportation or in use, may be subjected to repetitive shocks - The bump test may also be used as a means of establishing the satisfactory design of a specimen in so far as its structural integrity is concerned and as a means of quality control - It consists basically of subjecting, on a bump tester, a specimen to repetitive shocks of a standard pulse shape with specified peak acceleration and duration (Specification writers will find in clause 11 a list of details to be considered for inclusion in specifications and in Appendix A the necessary guidance)