Controlled Pyroshock Transients Can Be Used To Better Match Operational Shock Transients and Improve Shock Analysis and Testing
- Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, MI (United States)
- Kansas City National Security Campus (KCNSC), Kansas City, MO (United States)
SRS analysis and testing to SRS is known to be conservative since SRS is generated from maxi-max shock transient data, maximum peaks are assumed to occur for each mode simultaneously, and the structural dynamics are not accounted for between the shock source and the test article.
Knowing the structural dynamics of a shock test setup it is possible to subscribe a force shock transient applied at a particular strike location and direction to achieve a desired shock transient at a test reference accelerometer. The SRS at this test accelerometer reference location can be used to compare to the reference SRS, but the key reference is the shock transient not the SRS, which should lead to more realistic shock testing that better matches operational shock transient data and reduces artificial test failures that don’t occur in operational usage.
The desired test shock transient should match operational shock transients. As such, the test shock transient should look similar to the operational shock transient and have similar positive and negative peaks, the same shape, and the same duration. Many shock transients can be created that satisfy an SRS, but better control of these shock transient parameters is needed to better match operational shock transients so that more realistic and less conservative shock testing can be performed. Three different shock transients are presented that satisfy a given SRS and the results are compared for an electronic board (test article) attached to a circular shock resonance test plate.
- Research Organization:
- Kansas City Nuclear Security Campus (KCNSC), Kansas City, MO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- NA0002839
- OSTI ID:
- 1856766
- Report Number(s):
- NSC-614-4407
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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