DAMPING TESTING

摘要

Apparatus and methods related to damping testing are disclosed. For example, some embodiments may contain a testing platform supported on wheels and moveable by hydraulic cylinders, and two fasteners for fastening the testing sample, one fixed on the testing platform and the other moveable along the testing platform by another hydraulic cylinder, and may be used for the damping testing of slender structures such as umbilicals and flexibles used in oil and gas underwater field development.

主权项

1: An apparatus for damping testing of a testing sample, comprising:
a testing platform supported on a plurality of wheels, said testing platform moveable freely on the wheels and capable of being driven by at least one extendable and retractable arm connected to the testing platform; a first fastener fixed on the testing platform for fastening one end of the testing sample; and a second fastener moveable on the testing platform for fastening the other end of the testing sample, said second fastener connected with an extendable and retractable arm capable of moving the fastener to create predefined tension on the testing sample.