4
Mechanical shock
1.1.11.
Versed-sine
(or
haversine) shock
Simple
shock
for
which
the
acceleration-time curve
has the
form
of one
period
of
the
curve representative
of the
function
[1 -
cos(
)],
with this period starting
from
zero value
of
this
function.
It is
thus
a
signal ranging between
two
minima.
1.1.12.
Decaying
sinusoidal
pulse
A
pulse comprised
of a few
periods
of a
damped sinusoid, characterized
by the
amplitude
of the first
peak,
the frequency and
damping:
This
form
is
interesting,
for it
represents
the
impulse response
of a
one-degree-
of-freedom
system
to a
shock.
It is
also used
to
constitute
a
signal
of a
specified
shock
response
spectrum (shaker control
from a
shock response spectrum).
1.2.
Analysis
in the
time domain
A
shock
can be
described
in the
time domain
by the
following
parameters:
-
the
amplitude x(t);
-
duration
t;
-
the
form.
The
physical parameter expressed
in
terms
of
time
is, in a
general way,
an
acceleration x(t),
but can be
also
a
velocity v(t),
a
displacement x(t)
or a
force
F(t).
In
the
first
case,
which
we
will particularly consider
in
this volume,
the
velocity
change
corresponding
to the
shock movement
is
equal
to
1.3.
Fourier transform
1.3.1.
Definition
The
Fourier integral
(or
Fourier transform)
of a
function
x(t)
of the
real variable
t
absolutely integrable
is
defined
by