Resonance test system

Patent · Tue May 31 00:00:00 EDT 2011

OSTI ID:1016722

Musial, Walter ^[1]; White, Darris ^[2]

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1. Boulder, CO
2. Superior, CO

An apparatus (10) for applying at least one load to a specimen (12) according to one embodiment of the invention may comprise a mass (18). An actuator (20) mounted to the specimen (12) and operatively associated with the mass (18) moves the mass (18) along a linear displacement path (22) that is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the specimen (12). A control system (26) operatively associated with the actuator (20) operates the actuator (20) to reciprocate the mass (18) along the linear displacement path (22) at a reciprocating frequency, the reciprocating frequency being about equal to a resonance frequency of the specimen (12) in a test configuration.

• Research Organization: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, CO)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99GO10337
• Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, CO)
• Patent Number(s): 7,953,561
• Application Number: 10/520,011
• OSTI ID: 1016722
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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