scope:

Gives a method of test applicable to components, equipment and other products which, during transporation or in service, may be subjected to conditions involving vibration of a harmonic pattern, generated primarily by rotating, pulsating or oscillating forces, such as occur in ships, aircraft, land vehicles, rotorcraft and space applications or are caused by machinery and seismic phenomena. Consists basically of subjecting a specimen to sinusoidal vibration over a given frequency range or at discrete frequencies for a given period of time.