Dynamic Environments Testing Wiki
Welcome to the SEM/IMAC Dynamic Environments Testing Wiki.
The Dynamic Environments Testing technical division’s charter is to analyze and improve upon laboratory tests that are performed in order to classify products as fit for service in their operational environments. This type of testing is often referred to as endurance, qualification, acceptance, or certification testing. The standards for performing these tests have been largely unchanged for the past 50 years, but research in the field has accelerated significantly in the past decade. The primary aspects of this type of testing include: characterization and specification of the service environment, determination of appropriate laboratory test excitation techniques, and design of a test fixture (adapter) to attach the product to the laboratory test equipment. [1]
In this space we will share ideas and data. Feel free to edit this page or other pages!
Dynamic Environments Wiki:Main Pages
Lists of Contributors will be added here as they become available.
BARC Here is information on the BARC structure and related research.
Smart Dynamic Testing COP | A Community of Practice focused on improving industrial vibration and shock qualification through a technical basis that increases reliability while decreasing cost, schedule and risk
Knowledge Base (Including Tutorials on Dynamic Environments)
Tutorials will be added here when they become available.
Dynamic Environments Papers in IMAC | List of all of the papers from IMAC proceedings in Dynamic Environments sessions
Data from Review Paper by Behling et al. on Dynamic Environment Testing | This page has links to the data mentioned in the paper submitted by Behling, Allen, Mayes & De Lima in 2025.
Bibliography will be added here if it becomes available.
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About the Dynamic Environment Testing Technical Division
The Dynamic Environments Testing technical division is a group of collaborating researchers who meet annually at the Society for Experimental Mechanics' International Modal Analysis Conference each year. The groups officers are
- Chair: Alexandra Karlicek | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Vice Chair: Dagny Beale | Sandia National Laboratories
- Secretary: Cora Taylor| Michigan Tech
- Historian: (none)
- Past Chair: (none)