Requirements for instrumentation, equipment, and methods to be used in conducting environmental tests on components intended for use by a wide variety of technical personnel of different educational backgrounds, experience, and interests is announced

Copeland, E. H.

Foley, J. T.

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December 1968	 Brief 68-10445 
•E	 AEC-NASA TECH BRIEF 
AEC-NASA Tech Briefs describe innovations resulting from the research and development program 
of the U.S. AEC or from AEC-NASA interagency efforts. They are issued to encourage commercial 
application. Tech Briefs are published by NASA and may be purchased, at 15 cents each, from 
the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Springfield, Virginia 22151. 
Environmental Test Planning, Selection and Standardization Aids Available 
Environmental testing is a tool used by design and 
development engineers to supplement analytical de- 
sign procedures with empirical results. Test results 
verify or modify design assumptions as the design 
progresses, and testing demonstrates the adequacy of 
the design to perform under the environmental stresses 
which are expected in use. Environmental tests are 
also used by manufacturing and quality control engi-
neers during production and by quality assurance per-
sonnel after the product is in use. If results of en-
vironmental tests are to be relied upon, it is essential 
that personnel conducting such tests do not substan-
tially alter the outcome inadvertently by different 
choices of instrumentation, techniques, or equipment. 
Sandia Laboratories has found by experience that 
standardized instrumentation, techniques, and equip-
ment are as essential as standardized test levels. This 
is particularly important when the same design or 
product is tested by different laboratories. In order to 
promote uniformity in specifying and conducting en-
vironmental tests, Sandia personnel have prepared a re-
port which presents requirements for instrumentation, 
equipment, and methods to be used in conduct-
ing environmental tests on components. This docu-
ment is intended for use by a wide variety of tech-
nical personnel of different educational backgrounds, 
experience, and interests, and helps fill the gap that 
exists because there are no generally recognized stand-
ards governing the conduct of environmental testing. 
The material is intended to provide guidance to those 
involved in testing, to those involved is specifying or 
evaluating environmental tests, and to design, produc-
tion, and quality engineers. 
This report is available from Sandia Laboratories. 
Requests or inquiries should be directed to: 
Sandia Office of Industrial Cooperation, 
Sandia Laboratories 
Post Office Box 5800 
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87115 
Reference: B68-10445 
Patent status: 
No patent action is contemplated by AEC or 
NASA.
Source: E. H. Copeland and J. T. Foley 
(SAN-10028) 
Category 03 
This document was prepared under the sponsorship of the Atomic 
Energy Commission and/or the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration. Neither the United States Government nor any per-
son acting on behalf of the United States Government assumes any
liability resulting from the use of the information contained in this 
document, or warrants that the use of any information, apparatus, 
method, or process disclosed in this document may not infringe pri-
vately owned rights.
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