Thanks a lot for the response. Do you have any experiences about the magnitude of the deceleration time period might be? Could it be about 10ms or 100ms or 500ms or 1 min? I now understand it is the critical factor to obtain the acceleration of the object in the drop test.
Thanks again...
Thanks rb1957. How did you get 20g with the given time of 0.06 sec. I got 10 / 0.06 = 167 ft/sec2, which I believe is 5.2g. Where did I do wrong?
Thanks a lot for your help.
Hello My Friends,
Anyone has any experiences using Patran/Nastran (MSC Software) to analyze a pressure vessel under a 20g shock test? If you do, please let me so that I could ask you some specific questions.
Thanks a lot for your time and help.
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Thanks a lot for the quick response. The 18 inch drop test was done by an outside test house. There is a lot involved with testing (test article, test house, cost, etc.). Right now I am looking for some analysis guidance. Help please.
Hello my friends,
We had a pressure vessle which passed the 18 inch drop test onto the wood bench. Now we have a similar pressure vessle. But the requirement from the customer has changed to 20g shock crash test. I am trying to figure out a connection between the 18 inch drop test and the...