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Mechanical
shock
-
Triangular pre-post-shocks lead
to the
greatest duration
of
signal,
the
rectangle
giving
the
smallest duration. Under these
criteria
of
displacement
and
duration,
it is
thus
preferable
to use
rectangular
or
triangular pre-
and
post-shocks.
The
rectangle
has
however
the
disadvantage
of
having slope discontinuities which make
its
reproduction
difficult
and
which
in
addition
can
excite resonances
at
high
frequencies.
It
seems, however, interesting
to try to
approach this
form
[MIL 64].
- The
maximum displacement
decreases,
as one
might
expect,
when
p
increases.
It
seems, however, hazardous
to
retain values higher than 0.10 (although possible
with
certain control systems),
the
total shock communicated
to the
specimen being
then
too
deformed compared with
the
specification, which results
in
response
spectra appreciably
different
from
those
of the
pure shocks [FRA 77].
Example
Half-sine
shock with half-sine symmetrical pre-
and
post-shocks.
Electrodynamic
shaker
Figure
7.17.
Half-sine
pulse
with
half-sine
symmetrical
pre-
and
post-shocks