The goal of this project was to develop a new general use vibration test fixture for typical rack-mounted equipment used at Lincoln Laboratory. Our group characterized the existing fixture, designed a new fixture, analyzed the new design, built a three-dimensional CAD model, and developed preliminary fabrication drawings. The new fixture was designed to more accurately test rack-mounted equipment at the desired frequency range. This was achieved by increasing the fundamental resonant frequency of the new fixture above the typical sensitive range of the equipment tested.

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Creator

• Byrne, Matthew Carson
• Sword, Allan

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 04D198M

Advisor

• Pryputniewicz, Ryszard J.

Year

• 2004

Center

• MIT Lincoln Laboratory-Lexington, Massachusetts Project Center - MQP

Sponsor

• MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Date created

• 2004-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright