Design and set-up of a bi-pendulum impact testing machine

VDI Berichte

Volumn , Issue 1685, 2002, Pages 599-604

  D'Acquistol, Leonardo ^a   Montanini, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BI-PENDULUM TESTING; COLLAPSE MECHANISM; WEIGHT LOSS;

ACCELERATION MEASUREMENT; ACCELEROMETERS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; KINETIC ENERGY; MACHINE DESIGN; PENDULUMS; SENSORS; STRAIN GAGES;

IMPACT TESTING;

EID: 4444238270     PISSN: 00835560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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