IEC 60068-2-27提供了用于确定试样承受指定严重程度的非重复性或重复性冲击的能力的标准程序。该测试的目的是揭示机械弱点和/或规定性能的退化，或由冲击引起的累积损伤或退化。结合相关规范，这在某些情况下可用于确定样品的结构完整性或作为质量控制的手段。本试验主要用于未包装的标本和运输箱中的物品，当后者可能被认为是标本的一部分时。如果一个项目要在未包装的情况下进行测试，它被称为测试样本。然而，如果物品被包装，则物品本身被称为产品，并且物品及其包装一起被称为测试样本。当与IEC 60068-2-47结合使用时，本标准可用于测试包装产品。2005年版的IEC 60068-2-47中首次包含了这种可能性。本标准是根据规定的脉冲形状编写的。附录A给出了这些脉冲的选择和应用指南，附录B讨论了不同脉冲形状的特征。在可能的情况下，施加到试样上的冲击脉冲的试验强度和形状应能再现试样将经受的实际运输或操作环境的影响，或者如果试验的目的是评估结构完整性，则应满足设计要求（见第A.2和A.4条）。出于本试验的目的，在试验期间，试样总是安装在冲击试验机的夹具或工作台上。与上一版相关的主要变化涉及: -将IEC 60068-2-29并入本版IEC 60068-2-27；第2-29部分将在本版出版后立即撤回； -引入2000年斯德哥尔摩商定的IEC特设工作组文件中定义的软包装样品。 根据IEC指南104，具有基本安全出版物的状态。

IEC 60068-2-27 provides a standard procedure for determining the ability of a specimen to withstand specified severities of non-repetitive or repetitive shocks. The purpose of this test is to reveal mechanical weakness and/or degradation in specified performances, or accumulated damage or degradation caused by shocks. In conjunction with the relevant specification, this may be used in some cases to determine the structural integrity of specimens or as a means of quality control. This test is primarily intended for unpackaged specimens and for items in their transport case when the latter may be considered to be part of the specimen. If an item is to be tested unpackaged, it is referred to as a test specimen. However, if the item is packaged, then the item itself is referred to as a product and the item and its packaging together are referred to as a test specimen. When used in conjunction with IEC 60068-2-47, this standard may be used for testing packaged products. This possibility was included in the 2005 version of IEC 60068-2-47 for the first time. This standard is written in terms of prescribed pulse shapes. Guidance for the selection and application of these pulses is given in Annex A and the characteristics of the different pulse shapes are discussed in Annex B. Wherever possible, the test severity and the shape of the shock pulse applied to the specimen should be such as to reproduce the effects of the actual transport or operational environment to which the specimen will be subjected, or to satisfy the design requirements if the object of the test is to assess structural integrity (see Clauses A.2 and A.4). For the purposes of this test, the specimen is always mounted to the fixture or the table of the shock testing machine during testing. The major changes with regard to the previous edition concern:
- the merging of IEC 60068-2-29 into this edition of IEC 60068-2-27; Part 2-29 will be withdrawn as soon as this edition is published;
- the introduction of soft packaged specimens as defined in the IEC ad hoc working group document agreed in Stockholm:2000.
Has the status of a basic safety publication according to IEC Guide 104.