Shock
response
spectra
domains
25
severe
with
respect
to an
arbitrary
real
structure
(which
cannot
be
linear
nor
having
a
single
degree
of freedom).
NOTE:
A
study
was
carried
out in
1984
on a
mechanical assembly composed
of
a
circular
plate
on
which
one
could
place
some masses
and
thus vary
the
number
of
degrees
of freedom. The
stresses generated
by
several shocks
of
the
same spectra
(in
the frequency
range including
the
principal resonance
frequencies), but of
different
shapes [DEW 84], were measured
and
compared.
One
noted that
for
this
assembly
whatever
the
number
of
degrees
of
freedom,
—
two
pulses
of
simple form (with
no
velocity change) having
the
same spectrum
induce
similar stresses,
the
variation
not
exceeding approximately
20 %. It is the
same
for two
oscillatory shocks;
—
the
relationship between
the
stresses measured
for a
simple shock
and an
oscillatory
shock
can
reach
2.
These
results were supplemented
by
numerical simulation intended
to
evaluate
the
influence
ofnon linearity. Even
for
very strong non-linearity,
one did not
note
for the
cases considered,
an
important
difference
between
the
stresses induced
by
two
shocks
of
the
same spectrum,
but
of
different
form.
A
complementary
study
was
carried
out by
B.B. Petersen [PET
81] in
order
to
compare
the
stresses directly deduced
from a
shock response spectrum with those
generated
on an
electronics component
by a
half-sine
shock envelop
of a
shock
measured
in the
environment
and by a
shock
of the
same spectrum made
up from
WA
VSIN
signals
(Chapter
9)
added with various delays.
The
variation between
the
maximum responses measured
at
five points
in the
equipment
and the
stresses
calculated starting
from the
shock response spectra does
not
exceed
a
factor
of
3 in
spite
of the
important theoretical
differences
between
the
model
of the
response
spectrum
and the
real structure studied.
For
applications
deviating
from the
assumptions
of
definition
of the
shock
response
spectrum
(linearity, only
one
degree
of freedom), it is
desirable
to
observe
a
certain
prudence
if one
wishes
to
estimate
quantitatively
the
response
of a
system
starting
from the
spectrum [BOR 89].
The
response
spectra
are
more
often
used
to
compare
the
severity
of
several
shocks.
It
is
known that
the
tension
static
diagram
of
many materials comprises
a
more
or
less linear
arc on
which
the
stress
is
proportional
to the
deformation.
In
dynamics,
this proportionality
can be
allowed within
certain
limits
for the
peaks
of the
deformation
(Figure 2.2).