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MIL-STD-810H, Environmental Engineering Considerations and Laboratory Tests
Last Updated 29 Oct 2026
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| 4.3.2 | INTERRUPTION DUE TO TEST ITEM OPERATION FAILURE | 18 |
| 4.3.3 | INTERRUPTION DUE TO SCHEDULED EVENT. | 18 |
| 4.3.4 | INTERRUPTION DUE TO EXCEEDING TEST TOLERANCES | 18 |
| 4.4 | TEST SETUP | 19 |
| 4.4.1 | PROCEDURE I - GENERAL VIBRATION.. | 19 |
| 4.4.2 | PROCEDURE II - LOOSE CARGO TRANSPORTATION. | 19 |
| 4.4.3 | PROCEDURE III - LARGE ASSEMBLY TRANSPORT.. | 19 |
| 4.4.4 | PROCEDURE IV - ASSEMBLED AIRCRAFT STORE CAPTIVE CARRIAGE AND FREE FLIGHT. | 20 |
| 4.5 | TEST EXECUTION. | 21 |
| 4.5.1 | PREPARATION FOR TEST.. | 22 |
| 4.5.1.1 | PRELIMINARY STEPS | 22 |
| 4.5.1.2 | PRETEST STANDARD AMBIENT CHECKOUT.. | 22 |
| 4.5.2 | PROCEDURE I - GENERAL VIBRATION.. | 22 |
| 4.5.3 | PROCEDURE II - LOOSE CARGO TRANSPORTATION. | 23 |
| 4.5.4 | PROCEDURE III - LARGE ASSEMBLY TRANSPORT | 23 |
| 4.5.5 | PROCEDURE IV - ASSEMBLED AIRCRAFT STORE CAPTIVE CARRIAGE AND FREE FLIGHT. | 24 |
| 5. | ANALYSIS OF RESULTS | 26 |
| 5.1 | PHYSICS OF FAILURE | 26 |
| 5.2 | QUALIFICATION TESTS | 26 |
| 5.3 | OTHER TESTS. | 26 |
| 6. | REFERENCE/RELATED DOCUMENTS | 26 |
| 6.1 | REFERENCED DOCUMENTS | 26 |
| 6.2 | RELATED DOCUMENTS | 29 |
| TABLE |
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| TABLE 514.8-I. | VIBRATION ENVIRONMENT CATEGORIES. | 3 |
| TABLE 514.8-II | RANDOM VIBRATION TEST TOLERANCES | 14 |
| TABLE 514.8-III | SINUSOIDAL VIBRATION TEST TOLERANCES | 16 |
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| 1. | SCOPE. | A-1 |
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| 1.1 | PURPOSE. | A-1 |
| 1.2 | APPLICATION. | A-1 |
| 1.3 | LIMITATIONS | A-1 |
| 2. | ENGINEERING INFORMATION. | A-1 |
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| 2.1 | VIBRATION TEST TYPES. | A-1 |
| 2.1.1 | DEVELOPMENT TEST. | A-1 |
| 2.1.2 | QUALIFICATION TEST. | A-1 |
| 2.1.2.1 | FUNCTIONAL TEST. | A-2 |
| 2.1.2.2 | ENDURANCE TEST. | A-2 |
| 2.1.3 | DURABILITY TEST. | A-2 |
| 2.1.4 | RELIABILITY TEST. | A-2 |
| 2.1.4.1 | STATISTICAL RELIABILITY TEST | A-3 |
| 2.1.4.2 | RELIABILITY GROWTH TEST | A-3 |
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| 2.1.5 | WORTHINESS TEST | .A-3 |
| 2.1.6 | ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS SCREENING (ESS) | .A-3 |
| 2.2 | TEST TIME COMPRESSION AND THE FATIGUE RELATIONSHIP | .A-3 |
| 2.3 | VIBRATION CHARACTERIZATION | .A-5 |
| 2.3.1 | RANDOM VIBRATION | .A-6 |
| 2.3.2 | SINUSOIDAL VIBRATION | .A-6 |
| 2.3.3 | MIXED BROADBAND AND NARROWBAND VIBRATION | .A-6 |
| 2.3.4 | TRANSIENT VIBRATION | .A-7 |
| 2.3.5 | RANDOM VERSUS SINUSOIDAL VIBRATION EQUIVALENCE | .A-7 |
| 2.3.6 | COMBINATION OF TEST SPECTRA | .A-7 |
| 2.4 | PLATFORM/MATERIEL AND FIXTURE/TEST ITEM INTERACTION | .A-7 |
| 2.4.1 | MECHANICAL IMPEDANCE | .A-7 |
| 2.4.2 | VIBRATION ISOLATION | .A-8 |
| 2.4.3 | MATERIEL RESONANT FREQUENCY VARIATION | .A-8 |
| 2.5 | MODAL TEST AND ANALYSIS | .A-8 |
| 2.5.1 | MODAL TEST TECHNIQUES | .A-9 |
| 2.5.2 | MATERIAL NON-LINEAR BEHAVIOR | .A-9 |
| 2.6 | AERODYNAMIC EFFECTS | .A-9 |
| 2.6.1 | DYNAMIC PRESSURE | .A-9 |
| 2.6.2 | AIRSPEED | .A-9 |
| 2.6.3 | ALTITUDE | .A-10 |
| 2.7 | SIMILARITY | .A-10 |
| 2.7.1 | UNMODIFIED MATERIEL | .A-10 |
| 2.7.2 | MODIFIED MATERIEL | .A-10 |
| 2.7.3 | EQUAL VIBRATION ENVIRONMENT | .A-11 |
| 2.7.4 | RELIABILITY DATA | .A-11 |
| 2.7.5 | CRITICAL RESONANT RESPONSE | .A-11 |
| 2.7.6 | DYNAMIC SIMILARITY | .A-11 |
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| 1. | SCOPE | B-1 |
| 1.1 | PURPOSE. | B-1 |
| 1.2 | APPLICATION. | B-1 |
| 1.3 | LIMITATIONS. | B-1 |
| 2. | MANUFACTURE/MAINTENANCE | B-1 |
| 2.1 | CATEGORY 1 - MANUFACTURING/MAINTENANCE PROCESSES | B-1 |
| 2.2 | CATEGORY 2 - SHIPPING AND HANDLING | B-1 |
| 2.3 | CATEGORY 3 - ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS SCREENING (ESS) | B-1 |
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| 1. | SCOPE | C-1 |
| 1.1 | PURPOSE | C-1 |
| 1.2 | APPLICATION | C-1 |
| 1.3 | LIMITATIONS | C-1 |
| 2. | TRANSPORTATION | C-1 |
| 2.1 | CATEGORY 4 - TRUCK/TRAILER - SECURED CARGO | C-2 |
| 2.1.1 | CATEGORY 4 - TRUCK TRANSPORTATION OVER US HIGHWAYS | C-2 |
| 2.1.2 | CATEGORY 4- MISSION/FIELD TRANSPORTATION | C-2 |
| 2.1.3 | CATEGORY 4- EXPOSURE LEVELS | C-3 |
| 2.1.4 | CATEGORY 4- EXPOSURE DURATIONS | C-16 |
| 2.2 | CATEGORY 5 - TRUCK/TRAILER - LOOSE CARGO | C-16 |
| 2.3 | CATEGORY 6 - TRUCK/TRAILER - LARGE ASSEMBLY TRANSPORT | C-18 |
| 2.4 | CATEGORY 7 - AIRCRAFT-JET | C-19 |
| 2.5 | CATEGORY 8 AIRCRAFT - PROPELLER | C-23 |
| 2.6 | CATEGORY 9 - AIRCRAFT-HELICOPTER | C-27 |
| 2.7 | CATEGORY 10 - WATERCRAFT - MARINE VEHICLES | C-31 |
| 2.8 | CATEGORY 11 - RAILROAD - TRAIN | C-31 |
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| TABLE 514.8C-I. | CATEGORY 4 - COMMON CARRIER - BREAK POINTS FOR CURVES OF FIGURE 514.8C-2 | C-5 |
| TABLE 514.8C-II. | CATEGORY 4 - COMMON CARRIER - BREAK POINTS FOR CURVES OF FIGURE 514.8C-3 (UNKNOWN OR VARIABLE TEST ITEM ORIENTATION) | C-6 |
| TABLE 514.8C-III. | VEHICLES USED FOR TWO-WHEELED TRAILER COMPOSITE | C-7 |
| TABLE 514.8C-IV. | CATEGORY 4 - COMPOSITE TWO-WHEELED TRAILER VIBRATION EXPOSURE - BREAK POINTS FOR CURVES OF FIGURE 514.8C-4 | C-9 |
| TABLE 514.8C-V. | CATEGORY 4 - COMPOSITE TWO-WHEELED TRAILER VIBRATION EXPOSURE - BREAK POINTS FOR CURVES OF FIGURE 514.8C-5 (UNKNOWN OR VARIABLE TEST ITEM ORIENTATION) | C-10 |
| TABLE 514.8C-VI. | VEHICLES USED FOR COMPOSITE WHEELED VEHICLE COMPOSITE | C-11 |
| TABLE 514.8C-VII. | CATEGORY 4 - COMPOSITE WHEELED VEHICLE VIBRATION EXPOSURE - BREAK POINTS FOR CURVES OF FIGURE 514.8C-6 | C-14 |
| TABLE 514.8C-VIII. | CATEGORY 4 - COMPOSITE WHEELED VEHICLE VIBRATION EXPOSURE - BREAK POINTS FOR CURVES OF FIGURE 514.8C-7 (UNKNOWN OR VARIABLE TEST ITEM ORIENTATION) | C-15 |
| TABLE 514.8C-IX. | CATEGORY 7 - JET AIRCRAFT CARGO VIBRATION EXPOSURE - BREAK POINTS FOR FIGURE 514.8C-9 | C-20 |
| TABLE 514.8C-X. | CATEGORY 7 - JET AIRCRAFT VIBRATION EXPOSURE (SAME AS ANNEX D, TABLE 514.8D-I.) | C-22 |
| TABLE 514.8C-XI. | CATEGORY 8 - PROPELLER AIRCRAFT VIBRATION EXPOSURE - 4-BLADED C-130 | C-24 |
| TABLE 514.8C-XII. | CATEGORY 8 - PROPELLER AIRCRAFT VIBRATION EXPOSURE - 6-BLADED C-130 | C-25 |
| TABLE 514.8C-XIII. | CATEGORY 8 - PROPELLER AIRCRAFT VIBRATION EXPOSURE - OTHER THAN C-130 | C-26 |
| TABLE 514.8C-XIVa. | CATEGORY 9 - HELICOPTER PARAMETERS (SAME AS ANNEX D, TABLE 514.8D-IIIA.) | C-30 |
| TABLE 514.8C-XIVb. | CATEGORY 9 - HELICOPTER VIBRATION EXPOSURE (SAME AS ANNEX D, TABLE 514.8D-IIIB.) | C-31 |
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| ANNEX F, APPENDIX D TABLES |
| TABLE 514.8F-D.I. REQUIRED PARAMETERS | F-D2 |
| TABLE 514.8F-D.II. SINGLE-EVENT ASD SUM-SET.. | F-D4 |
| TABLE 514.8F-D.III. SPECTRAL SPIKE REMOVED TABLE, AVERAGE | F-D6 |
| TABLE 514.8F-D.IV. SCENARIO TABLE INPUT. | F-D7 |
| TABLE 514.8F-D.V. RUNTIME CALCULATION.. | F-D8 |
| TABLE 514.8F-D.VI. GROUP SUM-SET DEFINITION | F-D9 |
| TABLE 514.8F-D.VII. NARROWBAND RANDOM CALCULATIONS | F-D12 |
| TABLE 514.8F-D.VIII. SINE TONE CALCULATIONS | F-D14 |
| TABLE 514.8F-D.IX. LVTS COMBINATION EXAMPLE | F-D17 |
| ANNEX F, APPENDIX D FIGURES |
| FIGURE 514.8F-D.1. VSD FLOWCHART. | F-D1 |
| FIGURE 514.8F-D.2. SPECTRAL SPIKE REMOVAL WINDOW | F-D5 |
| APPENDIX E. THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF MAXIMUM RESPONSE | F-E1 |
| 1. INTRODUCTION. | F-E1 |
| 2. SINUSOIDAL EXCITATION | F-E1 |
| 3. SWEPT SINE EXCITATION.. | F-E2 |
| 4. RANDOM VIBRATION EXCITATION. | F-E2 |
| ANNEX F, APPENDIX E FIGURES |
| FIGURE 514.8F-E.1. MRS FOR A FIXED SINE EXCITATION AT 500 HZ WITH Q=5. | F-E2 |
| FIGURE 514.8F-E.2. MRS FOR A SWEPT SINE FROM 300 HZ TO 1200 Hz. | F-E2 |
| FIGURE 514.8F-E.3. MRS FOR A RANDOM VIBRATION | F-E3 |
| APPENDIX F. ANNEX F REFERENCES | F-F1 |