Patent ID: 8820153

Claim:
A rotation test stand for a test specimen, comprising: a load device operable to generate a load for the test specimen; a test specimen accommodation configured to accommodate the test specimen and operable to transmit the load from the load device to the test specimen; a measuring device operable to measure a measurable variable acting on the test specimen; and a vibration damping device comprising one or more mechanical systems and being operable to damp vibrations that arise in any of the load device, the test specimen, the measuring device, and the one or more mechanical systems, the one or more mechanical systems each comprising: a fastening device; a mass device operable to be moved relative to the fastening device; and at least one of a spring device and a damping device operatively disposed between the fastening device and the mass device, wherein at least one of the one or more mechanical systems is a linear vibration damper and the mass device comprises a mass operable to be moved back and forth linearly.