Ever wonder how a manufacturer builds a shock to elicit a great ride and handling characteristics when it's installed into a specific car? We assume lots of road testing is the key. RideTech showed us ...

WASHINGTON – The new littoral combat ship (LCS) Jackson was showered by spray and shaken by a large explosion June 10 as she endured the first of a series of controlled tests intended to prove the ...

The U.S. Navy recently conducted shock testing for its Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS), a new minesweeping boat. The shock testing included the detonation of explosives in a pond at Aberdeen ...

RideTech's shock test was one for the history books. I had the opportunity to test their new coilovers and airbag components, and learn a few things from the air-ride man himself, Bret Voelkel. Bret ...

ADMET offers tensile testing tips, tensile grips and fixtures, extensometers, universal testing machines and digital force testers for tension, compression, flexure, torsion and fatigue testing. We ...

The U.S. Navy is debating the utility of shock trials. Shock trials test how ships handle undersea explosions, giving sailors a better understanding of how the vessel will hold up in battle. In ...

Final barge shock tests involving the ship's electric propulsion motor and frequency converter for the F-110 frigate programme took place in November 2024. (Navantia) Spanish state-owned shipbuilder ...

Engineers at the Sandia National Laboratories have figured how to test the large forces experienced by rocket avionics systems with a more environmentally friendly method. When a rocket goes into the ...

Shock and vibration testing systems have been developed in order to understand the ability of electronic equipment to respond to the effects of environmental stresses. These testing systems are force ...