Output Tests

Output Tests, Calculated Explosion Temperatures, and Results of... 

Output Characteristics. The characteristics of an expl component which determine the form and magnitude of the energy released. See under Output Tests in Vol 4, D1084ff... 

The principal input and output tests used by the US at the time of publishing NOLTR 1111(1952) included Drop Ball Testers (two types) Sand Bomb Apparatuses 100, 200, 360 500 gram Condenser Discharge Apparatus Torsional Ballistic Pendulums (two types) Drop Ball Test Set Mk 135 with Chronograph Thermocouple Drop Ball Test Set Mk 136 with Chronograph Gas Explosion Chambers (two types) Gas Volume and Impulse Apparatus Pressure Bomb Apparatus and Hopkinson Bar Apparatus (Ref 11, pp 9-2 9-3, Table 9-D... 

Output tests for detonator type components are generally based on an attempt to measure the brisance or the peak pressure of the shock wave. The common tests for detonators are practically all applicable to each of the three main varieties, namely stab, electric and flash detonators. Following are brief descriptions of output test for detonators and primers ... 

Accdg to Ref 14, p 9-49, the tests may be performed with Test Set Mkl72Modl (our Fig 6) Test Set 180Mod0 (shown in Fig 9-25 of Ref 14) and Test Set Mkl48Mod0, which is a Sand Bomb Test, briefly discussed under "Output Tests for Electric Detonators ... 

See also the following reports describing expl output testing fixtures procedures ... 

NOTE See also Vol4 of Encycl, pp Dl084ff (Output Tests)... 

Disk Test using a lead disk is one of the output tests measuring brisance of a stab de-... 

The output tests of EED s are the same as those for other detonators. See in this Encyclopedia, Vol 4, pp D1084-L to D1088-L. 

The output test using an aluminum block is performed in accordance with Test 303 of MIL-STD-331A. This test is identical in all respects with the steel dent test except that dent block is made of aluminum. Substitution of the softer metal allows testing of components whose output is insufficient to dent steel. ]... 

Explosive Output Testing. Under this title V.J. Menichelli briefly describes in Ordn 48, 663-66 (1 964), die following tests for detonators Trauzl Test, Sand Bomb Test, Steel Dent Test and Lead Disk Test... 

K. L. B.J. Kosanke, Flash Powder Output Testing Weak Confinement , Journal of Pyrotechnics, No. 3,1996. 

Fig. 2.39 Cell performances of graphite/LiNii,3Mni 3Coi/302 pouch cells, (a) Cycle test and (b) output test...

Validation demonstrates that the installed SIS operates according to the design basis and that appropriate documentation is in place to support its long-term management. An input-to-output test is used to prove that the SIS functions properly and that the SIS equipment interacts as intended with other systems, such as the BPCS and operator interface. The Site Acceptance Test (SAT) also provides an opportunity for a first-pass validation of the operating and maintenance procedures. Validation must be completed prior to the initiation of any operating mode where a hazardous event could occur that would require the operation of a new or modified SIS. Some users require that validation be repeated after any major process outage or shutdown. 

After the design is completed, test vectors must be generated. Two sets of test vectors are generated. The input set and the corresponding output set. Each test vector consists of a number of Is and Os. The input test vector has as many elements as the number of chip input pins and the output test vector, likewise, has as many elements as the number of output pins. 

Fronabarger, J., Williams, M., Sanborn, W.B. Characterization and output testing of the novel primary explosive, bis(furoxano)nitrophenol, potassium salt. In Proceedings of 41st AIAA/ ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, pp. 1-6, Tucson, AZ, 2005... 

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