US 12,092,554 B2
Shock testing apparatus and method
Phillip R Thompson, Fife (GB); Gavin Colliar, Fife (GB); Alexander Whatley, Fife (GB); and Stuart Hutchison, Fife (GB)
Assigned to THORNTON TOMASETTI DEFENCE LIMITED, Fife (GB)
Appl. No. 16/646,872
Filed by THORNTON TOMASETTI DEFENCE LIMITED, Fife (GB)
PCT Filed Sep. 14, 2018, PCT No. PCT/GB2018/052637
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 12, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/053462, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 21, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1714887 (GB), filed on Sep. 15, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0278270 A1, Sep. 3, 2020
Int. Cl. G01M 7/08 (2006.01)
CPC G01M 7/08 (2013.01) 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shock testing apparatus comprising:
an impact table for supporting an object to be tested;
a tank having a plurality of upstanding sidewalls which extends substantially perpendicularly from a base of the tank;
at least one float;
one or more airguns located in the tank between the plurality of upstanding sidewalls at a location between the base of the tank and at least one float;
wherein the at least one float floats upon a top surface of a fluid held within the tank and moves within the tank to impact the impact table in response to the firing of the one or more airguns.