Method No |
Method No |
Method Title|Description of Test |
500 |
500.6 |
Low Pressure (Altitude) |
Procedure I |
Storage/Air Transport |
Procedure II |
Operation/Air Carriage |
Procedure III |
Rapid Decompression |
Procedure IV |
Explosive Decompression |
501 |
501.6 |
High Temperature |
Procedure I |
Storage |
24 hours non-operating soak at +71℃ followed by 2 hours at +55℃ with unit operational |
Procedure II |
Operation |
24 hours non-operating soak at +71℃ followed by 2 hours at +55℃ with unit operational |
Procedure III |
Tactical-Standby to Operational |
502 |
502.6 |
Low Temperature |
Procedure I |
Storage |
24 hours non-operating soak at -46℃ followed by 2 hours at -20℃ with unit operational |
Procedure II |
Operation |
24 hours non-operating soak at -46℃ followed by 2 hours at -20℃ with unit operational |
Procedure III |
Manipulation |
503 |
503.6 |
Temperature Shock |
Procedure I-A |
One-way Shock(s) from Constant Extreme Temperature |
Procedure I-B |
Single Cycle Shock from Constant Extreme Temperature |
Procedure I-C |
Multi-Cycle Shocks from Constant Extreme Temperature |
Procedure I-D |
Shocks To or From Controlled Ambient Temperature |
504 |
504.2 |
Contamination by Fluids |
Procedure I |
Aircraft systems, full-up wheeled and track vehicles and water craft, etc |
Procedure II |
Small arms systems, clothing, boots, gas masks, gloves, Less Than Lethal and other ammunition, binoculars, flashlights, small arms tripods, and other materiel |
505 |
505.6 |
Solar Radiation (Sunshine) |
Procedure I |
Cycling (heating and/or minimal actinic effects) |
Procedure II |
Steady State (actinic effects) |
506 |
506.6 |
Rain |
Procedure I |
Rain and Blowing Rain |
Procedure II |
Exaggerated |
Procedure III |
Drip |
507 |
507.6 |
Humidity |
Procedure I |
Induced (Storage and Transit) and Natural Cycles |
Procedure II |
Aggravated |
Procedure II-Aggravated |
10 off 24 hour cycles between +30℃ |
508 |
508.7 |
Fungus |
509 |
509.6 |
Salt Fog |
510 |
510.6 |
Sand and Dust |
Procedure I |
Blowing Dust |
Procedure II |
Blowing Sand |
511 |
511.6 |
Explosive Atmosphere |
Procedure I |
Explosive Atmosphere |
Procedure II |
Explosion Containment |
512 |
512.6 |
Immersion |
Procedure I |
Immersion |
Depth: 1 meter |
Duration: 30 minutes |
Units preconditioned to be +27℃ above the water temperature for 2 hours |
Procedure II |
Fording |
513 |
513.7 |
Acceleration |
Procedure I |
Structural Test |
Procedure II |
Operational Test |
Procedure III |
Crash Hazard Acceleration Test |
514 |
514.7 |
Vibration |
Procedure I |
General Vibration |
20-1000Hz @ 0.04g2/Hz |
1000-2000Hz @ -6dB/Octave |
Overall Level: 7.7grms |
Duration: 1 hours in each of 3 axes |
Procedure II |
Loose Cargo Transportation |
Procedure III |
Large Assembly Transportation |
Procedure IV |
Assembled Aircraft Store Captive Carriage and Free Flight |
515 |
515.7 |
Acoustic Noise |
Procedure Ia |
Diffuse Field – Uniform Intensity Acoustic Noise |
Procedure Ib |
Diffuse Field – Direct Field Acoustic Noise |
Procedure II |
Grazing Incidence Acoustic Noise |
Procedure III |
Cavity Resonance Acoustic Noise |
516 |
516.7 |
Shock |
Procedure I |
Functional Shock |
20g, 11ms half sine shock pulse |
3 shocks in each direction of each of 3 axes |
Shocks increased in 5g steps up to 40g 11ms in each axis |
Procedure II |
Transportation Shock |
Procedure III |
Fragility |
Procedure IV |
Transit Drop |
1.22 metres drop onto concrete |
Total of 26 drops (1 drop on each face,corner and edge) |
Procedure V |
Crash Hazard Shock |
Procedure VI |
Bench Handling |
Procedure VII |
Pendulum Impact |
Procedure VIII |
Catapult Launch/ Arrested Landing |
517 |
517.2 |
Pyroshock |
Procedure I |
Near-field with an Actual Configuration |
Procedure II |
Near-field with a Simulated Configuration |
Procedure III |
Mid-field with a Mechanical Test Device |
Procedure IV |
Far-field with a Mechanical Test Device |
Procedure V |
Far-field with an Electrodynamic Shaker |
518 |
518.2 |
Acidic Atmosphere |
519 |
519.7 |
Gunfire Shock |
Procedure I |
Direct Reproduction of Measured Materiel Input/Response Time Trace Data Under Guidelines Provided in Method 525.1 for Time Waveform Replication |
Procedure II |
Stochastically Generated Materiel Input/Response Based Upon Measured Time Trace Information |
Procedure III |
Stochastically Predicted Materiel Shock Input for Preliminary Design Based Upon Predicted |
520 |
520.4 |
Temperature, Humidity, Vibration, and Altitude |
Procedure I |
Engineering Development |
Procedure II |
Flight or Operation Support |
Procedure III |
Combined Environments Test |
521 |
521.4 |
Icing/Freezing Rain |
522 |
522.2 |
Ballistic Shock |
Procedure I |
Ballistic Hull and Turret (BH&T), Full Spectrum, Ballistic Shock Qualification |
Procedure II |
Large Scale Ballistic Shock Simulator (LSBSS) |
Procedure III |
Limited Spectrum, Light Weight Shock Machine (LWSM) |
Procedure IV |
Limited Spectrum, Mechanical Shock Simulator |
Procedure V |
Limited Spectrum, Medium Weight Shock Machine (MWSM) |
Procedure VI |
Drop Table |
523 |
523.4 |
Vibro-Acoustic/Temperature |
524 |
524.1 |
Freeze-Thaw |
Procedure I |
Diurnal Cycling Effects |
Procedure II |
Fogging |
Procedure III |
Rapid Temperature Change |
525 |
525.1 |
Time Waveform Replication |
Procedure I |
The SESA replication of a field measured materiel time trace input/response |
Procedure II |
The SESA replication of an analytically specified materiel time trace input/response |
526 |
526.1 |
Rail Impact |
527 |
527.1 |
Multi-Exciter Testing |
Procedure I |
Time Domain Reference Criteria |
Procedure II |
Frequency Domain Reference Criteria |
528 |
528.1 |
Mechanical Vibrations Of Shipboard Materiel (Type I – Environmental And Type II – Internally Excited) |
Procedure I |
Type I – Environmental Vibration |
Procedure II |
Type II – Internally Excited Vibration |