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CONTENTS

FOREWORD ........................................................................................................................... 5
INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 7
1 Scope .............................................................................................................................. 8
2 Normative references ...................................................................................................... 8
3 Terms and definitions ...................................................................................................... 9
4 General and qualification considerations ....................................................................... 14
4.1 General seismic class and specific seismic class .................................................. 14
4.2 Service conditions ................................................................................................. 14
4.3 Malfunction criteria ............................................................................................... 15
4.4 Qualification criteria .............................................................................................. 15
5 Testing procedures ........................................................................................................ 15
5.1 General ................................................................................................................. 15
5.2 Mounting ............................................................................................................... 15
5.3 Measurements ...................................................................................................... 15
5.3.1 Vibration measurements at the vibration table ............................................... 15
5.3.2 Vibration measurements on the equipment .................................................... 16
5.3.3 Functional monitoring of the equipment ......................................................... 16
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6 Conditioning .................................................................................................................. 16
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8 Test waves .................................................................................................................... 17
8.1 General ................................................................................................................. 17
8.1.1 Specification of test waves ............................................................................ 17
8.1.2 Simulation with a safety margin of the effects of an earthquake ..................... 17
8.2 Multifrequency wave testing .................................................................................. 18
8.2.1 General requirements .................................................................................... 18
8.2.2 Time-history test ............................................................................................ 18
8.2.3 Other multifrequency tests ............................................................................. 18
8.3 Single-frequency testing ....................................................................................... 19
8.3.1 General requirements .................................................................................... 19
8.3.2 Sine-sweep test ............................................................................................. 19
8.3.3 Sine-beat test ................................................................................................ 19
8.3.4 Continuous sine test ...................................................................................... 20
8.4 Other test wave forms ........................................................................................... 20
9 Testing conditions ......................................................................................................... 20
9.1 General ................................................................................................................. 20
9.2 Vibration response investigation ........................................................................... 21
9.3 Test methods ........................................................................................................ 21
9.3.1 Test method for equipment without critical frequencies .................................. 21
9.3.2 Test method for equipment with critical frequencies ....................................... 22
9.4 Selection of damping ............................................................................................ 22
9.5 S1-earthquake and S2-earthquake testing ............................................................ 23
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9.6 Specific application testing .................................................................................... 23

9.7 Assembly testing ................................................................................................... 23
9.8 Component testing ................................................................................................ 23
10 Single and multi-axis testing .......................................................................................... 24
10.1 General ................................................................................................................. 24
10.2 Single-axis testing ................................................................................................ 24
10.3 Biaxial testing ....................................................................................................... 24
10.3.1 General requirements .................................................................................... 24
10.3.2 Two horizontal axes ....................................................................................... 24
10.3.3 One horizontal axis and one vertical axis ....................................................... 24
10.4 Triaxial testing ...................................................................................................... 25
10.4.1 General ......................................................................................................... 25
10.4.2 Triaxial installation ......................................................................................... 25
10.4.3 Biaxial installation (one horizontal axis, one vertical axis) .............................. 26
11 Conditioning for the general seismic class ..................................................................... 26
11.1 Selection of test type ............................................................................................ 26
11.2 Test method .......................................................................................................... 26
12 Calculated amplitude test method for the general seismic class ..................................... 27
12.1 Application ............................................................................................................ 27
12.2 Testing conditions ................................................................................................. 27
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12.2.7 Direction factor (D) ........................................................................................ 29
12.2.8 Floor acceleration (a f ) .................................................................................... 30
13 Testing parameters for the general seismic class .......................................................... 30
13.1 Duration of test ..................................................................................................... 30
13.2 Test acceleration (a t ) ............................................................................................ 30
13.2.1 General ......................................................................................................... 30
13.2.2 Wave factor (α) .............................................................................................. 31
13.2.3 Geometric factor (G) ...................................................................................... 31
14 Required response spectrum for the general seismic class ............................................ 31
15 Testing procedures for the general seismic class ........................................................... 32
15.1 Vibration response investigation (VRI) .................................................................. 32
15.2 Types of test ......................................................................................................... 33
15.2.1 Sine-beat test ................................................................................................ 33
15.2.2 Sine-sweep test ............................................................................................. 33
15.2.3 Time-history test ............................................................................................ 33
15.2.4 Other test wave forms .................................................................................... 33
16 Conditioning for the specific seismic class ..................................................................... 33
17 Test wave selection for the specific seismic class .......................................................... 34
17.1 General ................................................................................................................. 34
17.2 Multifrequency waves............................................................................................ 34
17.3 Single-frequency waves ........................................................................................ 34
18 Test waves for the specific seismic class ....................................................................... 34
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18.1 General ................................................................................................................. 34

18.2 Single-frequency testing ....................................................................................... 34
18.2.1 General ......................................................................................................... 34
18.2.2 Sine-sweep test ............................................................................................. 34
18.2.3 Sine-beat test ................................................................................................ 34
18.2.4 Continuous sine test ...................................................................................... 35
18.3 Other test wave forms ........................................................................................... 35
19 Testing conditions for the specific seismic class ............................................................ 35
20 Single and multi-axis testing for the specific seismic class ............................................. 35
Annex A (informative) Flow charts for test selection ............................................................. 43
A.1 Selection of test type ............................................................................................ 43
A.2 General seismic class – Calculated amplitude test ................................................ 44
A.3 Specific seismic class – Single axis testing ........................................................... 45
A.4 Specific seismic class – Multi-axis testing ............................................................. 46
Bibliography .......................................................................................................................... 47

Figure 1 – Shape of a required response spectrum in generalized form (log-log scale)

(as recommended by IEC 60068-2-57) .................................................................................. 32
Figure 2 – Typical envelope response spectrum .................................................................... 35
Figure 3 – Types of response spectrum envelopes ................................................................ 36
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Figure 6 – Typical time history ..............................................................................................
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Figure 9 – Wave amplification factors ................................................................................... 41
Figure 10 – Vibration amplitudes for ground acceleration a g with crossover frequencies
at 0,8 Hz and 1,6 Hz ............................................................................................................. 42
Figure A.1 – Selection of seismic class ................................................................................. 43
Figure A.2 – Calculated amplitude test flowchart ................................................................... 44
Figure A.3 – Single-axis testing flowchart ............................................................................. 45
Figure A.4 – Multi-axis testing flowchart ................................................................................ 46

Table 1 – Typical damping ratios (per cent of critical) ........................................................... 22

Table 2 – Selection of test type ............................................................................................. 26
Table 3 – Ground acceleration levels .................................................................................... 27
Table 4 – Correspondence between peak ground acceleration and some seismic
scales ................................................................................................................................... 28
Table 5 – Recommended superelevation factors (K) ............................................................. 29
Table 6 – Direction factors (D) .............................................................................................. 29
Table 7 – Wave factor ........................................................................................................... 31
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International Standard IEC 60068-3-3 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 104:
Environmental conditions, classification and methods of test.

This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 1991. This edition
constitutes a technical revision.

This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous
edition:

a) the main aim of this revision is to connect the testing level to the seismic activity level of
the zone where the equipment could be installed;
b) a standard shape for the required response spectrum is also given for the general seismic
class for which the seismic environment is either not known or is imprecisely known;
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c) Clauses 11 to 15 were renumbered and some adjustments were made as their content is
very general and the requirements can be applied both to the general seismic class and to
the specific seismic class;
d) the word “envelope” is replaced with “dominance” and “to envelop” with “to dominate” in
order to provide a more precise meaning from a mathematical point of view.

The text of this International Standard is based on the following documents:

FDIS Report on voting

104/835/FDIS 104/841/RVD

Full information on the voting for the approval of this International Standard can be found in
the report on voting indicated in the above table.

This document has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.

This International Standard is to be used in conjunction with IEC 60068-1.

A list of all parts in the IEC 60068 series, published under the general title Environmental
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INTRODUCTION

Guidance is included in each of the two test methods referred to in this document but it is
specific to the test method. The guidance in this document is directed towards choosing the
appropriate test method and applying it to seismic testing.

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1 Scope

This part of IEC 60068 applies primarily to electro-technical equipment but its application can
be extended to other equipment and to components.

In addition, if some type of analysis is always performed when making a seismic qualification,
for example for the choice of the representative sample to be tested or for the extension of
the seismic qualification from the tested specimen to similar specimens, the verification of the
performance of an equipment by analysis or by a combination of testing and analysis can be
acceptable but is outside the scope of this document, which is restricted to verification based
entirely upon data from dynamic testing.

This document deals solely with the seismic testing of a full-size equipment which can be
tested on a vibration table. The seismic testing of an equipment is intended to demonstrate its
ability to perform its required function during and/or after the time it is subjected to the
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The object of this document is to present a range of methods of testing which, when specified
by the relevant specification, can be applied to demonstrate the performance of equipment for
which seismic testing is required with the
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The choice of the method of testing can be made according to the criteria described in this
document. The methods themselves are closely based on published IEC test methods.

This document is intended for use by manufacturers to substantiate, or by users to evaluate

and verify, the performance of an equipment.

2 Normative references

The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their
content constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition
cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including
any amendments) applies.

IEC 60068-1, Environmental testing – Part 1: General and guidance

IEC 60068-2-6, Environmental testing – Part 2-6: Tests – Test Fc: Vibration (sinusoidal)

IEC 60068-2-47, Environmental testing – Part 2-47: Test – Mounting of specimens for
vibration, impact and similar dynamic tests

IEC 60068-2-57, Environmental testing – Part 2-57: Tests – Test Ff: Vibration – Time-history
and sine-beat method
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IEC 60068-2-64, Environmental testing – Part 2-64: Tests – Test Fh: Vibration, broadband
random and guidance

IEC 60068-2-81, Environmental testing – Part 2-81: Tests – Test Ei: Shock – Shock response
spectrum synthesis

ISO 2041, Mechanical vibration, shock and condition monitoring – Vocabulary

3 Terms and definitions

For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in IEC 60068-1,
IEC 60068-2-6, IEC 60068-2-57 and ISO 2041 and the following apply.

ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following
addresses:

• IEC Electropedia: available at http://www.electropedia.org/

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3.1
assembly
two or more devices sharing a common mounting or supporting structure

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basic response spectrum
unmodified response spectrum defined by the characteristics of the building, its floor level,
damping ratio, etc. and obtained from a specific ground motion

SEE: Figure 2.

Note 1 to entry: The basic response spectrum is generally of the narrow band type at floor level. The basic
response spectrum is calculated by the architect engineer of the plant and it is generally not known by the
equipment manufacturer and by the test engineer.

3.4
broadband response spectrum
response spectrum that describes the motion indicating that a number of interacting
frequencies exist which should be treated as a whole

SEE: Figure 3c).

Note 1 to entry: The bandwidth is normally greater than one octave.

3.5
critical frequency
frequency at which:

– malfunctioning and/or deterioration of performance of the specimen which are dependent

on vibration are exhibited, and/or
– mechanical resonances and/or other response effects occur, for example chatter

[SOURCE: IEC 60068-2-6:2007, 3.9]

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3.6
crossover frequency
frequency at which the characteristic of a vibration changes from one relationship to another

Note 1 to entry: For example, a crossover frequency may be that frequency at which the control of the test
vibration amplitude changes from a constant displacement value versus frequency to a constant acceleration value
versus frequency.

[SOURCE: ISO 2041:2009, 2.118, modified – Example omitted and note added.]

3.7
cut-off frequency
frequency in the response spectrum where the zero period acceleration (ZPA) asymptote
begins

Note 1 to entry: The cut-off frequency is the frequency beyond which the single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF)
oscillators exhibit no amplification of motion and indicate the upper limit of the frequency content of the waveform
being analysed.

3.8
damping
energy dissipation mechanisms in a system.

Note 1 to entry: In practice, damping depends on many parameters, such as the structural system, mode of
vibration, strain, applied forces, velocity, materials, joint slippage.

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ratio of actual damping to critical damping in a system with viscous damping

3.9
direction factor
factor taking account of the difference in magnitude at ground level that normally exists
between the horizontal and vertical accelerations resulting from an earthquake

3.10
floor acceleration
acceleration of a particular building floor (or an equipment mounting) resulting from the
ground motion of a given earthquake

Note 1 to entry: In practice the floor acceleration may be resolved into its horizontal and vertical components.

3.11
geometric factor
factor required in single axis testing to take into account the interaction along the different
axes of the equipment of simultaneous multi-directional input vibrations

3.12
gn
standard acceleration due to the earth's gravity, which itself varies with altitude and
geographical latitude

Note 1 to entry: For the purposes of this document, the value of g n is rounded up to the nearest whole number,
that is 10 m/s 2 .
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3.13
ground acceleration
acceleration resulting from the motion of a given earthquake

Note 1 to entry: In practice the ground acceleration may be resolved into its horizontal and vertical components.

3.14
lateral frequencies
two frequencies determined according to the –3 dB response around the overall resonance
frequency

SEE: Figure 2.

3.15
malfunction
loss of capability of the equipment to initiate or sustain a required function, or the initiation of
undesired spurious action which may result in adverse consequences for safety

Note 1 to entry: Malfunction will be defined by the relevant specification.

3.16
narrowband response spectrum
response spectrum in which single-frequency excitation predominates

SEE: Figure 3a).

Note 1 to entry:
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The bandwidth is normally 1/3 oct (one third octave) or less.

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3.18
overall resonance
resonance frequency at which a complete structure amplifies the exciting motion

Note 1 to entry: Within the frequency range between 1 Hz and 35 Hz, overall resonance generally corresponds to
the first mode of vibration. It is important to take into account the overall resonance frequencies when they are
enclosed in the strong part of the required response spectrum (see 3.27).

3.19
pause
interval between consecutive test waves (for example sine beats)

Note 1 to entry: A pause should be such that it results in no significant superposition of the response motions of
an equipment.

3.20
preferred testing axes
three orthogonal axes which correspond to the most vulnerable axes of the equipment

3.21
required response spectrum
RRS
response spectrum specified by the user

SEE: Figures 1, 2 and 3.

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3.22
resonance frequency
frequency at which, in forced oscillation, a change in the frequency of excitation causes a
decrease in the response of the system

Note 1 to entry: The value of resonance frequency depends upon the measured variable. For a damped linear
system, the values of resonance frequency for displacement, velocity and acceleration (respectively dynamic
compliance, mobility and accelerance; see ISO 2041) are in increasing order of frequency. The differences
between these resonance frequency values are small for the usual damping ratios.

Note 2 to entry: In seismic testing, it is often assumed that a resonance frequency is significant when the
transmissibility of the response is greater than 2.

Note 3 to entry: For a damped linear system the resonance frequency is coincident with the damped natural
frequency.

Note 4 to entry: This definition is not identical to that given in ISO 2041.

3.23
response spectrum
plot of the maximum response to a defined input motion of a family of single-degree-of-
freedom bodies at a specified damping ratio

SEE: Figures 1, 2 and 3.

Note 1 to entry: This definition is not identical to that given in ISO 2041.

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S2-earthquake
earthquake which produces the maximum vibratory ground motion for which certain
structures, systems and components are designed to remain functional

Note 1 to entry: The structures, systems and components are those essential to ensure proper function, integrity
and safety of the total system.

Note 2 to entry: An S2-earthquake corresponds in nuclear applications to the safe shutdown earthquake (SSE).

3.26
sine beat
continuous sinusoidal wave of one frequency which is modulated by a sinusoidal wave of a
lower frequency

SEE: Figure 5.

Note 1 to entry: The duration of one sine beat is half the period of the modulating frequency.

Note 2 to entry: In this document, the sine beat is considered as a single-frequency wave.

3.27
strong part of time history
part of time history from the time when the plot first reaches 25 % of the maximum value to
the time when it falls for the last time to the 25 % level

SEE: Figure 6.
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3.28
strong part of the response spectrum
part of the spectrum for which the response acceleration is higher than for the –3 dB
bandpass of the required response spectrum

SEE: Figure 2.

Note 1 to entry: Generally, the strong part of the response spectrum is located in the first third of the frequency
band.

3.29
superelevation factor
factor accounting for the change in the acceleration with respect to the earth due to the
transmissibility of buildings and structures

3.30
synthesized time history
artificially generated time history such that its response spectrum dominates the required
response spectrum

3.31
test level
largest peak value within a test wave

Note 1 to entry: In seismic testing, acceleration is the parameter normally used.

3.32
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frequency at which the specimen is to be excited during a test
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predetermined test frequency
frequency specified by the relevant specification

3.32.2
investigated test frequency
frequency obtained by a vibration response investigation

3.33
test response spectrum
response spectrum derived from the real motion of the vibration table either analytically or by
using spectrum analysis equipment

SEE: Figures 2, 3c) and 3d).

3.34
time history
recording, as a function of time, of acceleration or velocity or displacement

Note 1 to entry: This definition is not identical to that given in ISO 2041.

3.35
zero period acceleration
ZPA
high-frequency asymptotic value of acceleration of a response spectrum

Note 1 to entry: An example of ZPA is given in Figure 2.