Testing to Shock Response Spectrum (SRS) specifications is usually performed using complex oscillating waveforms. This is also true for analytical simulation in the time domain. There are several reasons for this. Complex oscillating pulses can typically meet both the positive and negative SRS for a… Read more
Consider a single-degree-of-freedom system subjected to base excitation where the input is an arbitrary time history. The response of the system can be calculated via a digital recursive filtering relationship, which is the numerical engine embedded in the SRS calculation. This is done for… Read more
I will be teaching two tutorial sessions at: 84th Shock & Vibration Symposium November 3-7, 2013 Atlanta, GA The sessions are: Shock Response Spectra and Time History Synthesis Rainflow Cycle Counting for Random Vibration Fatigue Analysis You are invited to participate. Further information is given… Read more
Please send me an Email if you are going to use this package. Also, you are welcome to participate in the Shock & Vibration courses. Thank you,Tom IrvineEmail: tom@irvinemail.org * * * License information: The software packages on the following links are freely placed in… Read more
Gnuplot is a portable command-line driven graphing utility for Linux, OS/2, MS Windows, OSX, VMS, and many other platforms. The source code is copyrighted but freely distributed (i.e., you don’t have to pay for it). It was originally created to allow scientists and students to… Read more
David O. Smallwood, An Improved Recursive Formula for Calculating Shock Response Spectra, Shock and Vibration Bulletin, No. 51, May 1981. DS_SRS1.pdf Time History Synthesis for Shock Testing on Shakers: th_syn.pdf The Shock Response Spectrum at Low Frequencies: low_srs.pdf A Family of Transients Suitable for Reproduction… Read more
The following animation file is useful for demonstrating the Shock Response Spectrum (SRS) concept : HS_SRS.avi & Alternate Link Each system is subjected to a common base input which is a 1 G, 1 second half-sine pulse. Each system has an amplification factor of Q=10.… Read more
Occasionally I receive questions regarding the equivalent SRS for a MIL-S-901 shock test. Alas, I have no experience with MIL-S-901 testing. But a “MIL-S-901 Medium Weight Shock Test” SRS plot is given on page 45 of the following document: Gaberson, Pseudo Velocity Shock Analysis, Shock Severity… Read more
Howard A. Gaberson (1931-2013) was a shock and vibration specialist with more than 45 years of dynamics experience. He was with the U.S. Navy Civil Engineering Laboratory and later the Facilities Engineering Service Center from 1968 to 2000, mostly conducting dynamics research. Gaberson specialized in… Read more
Shock and vibration environments produce dynamic stresses which can cause material failure in structures. The potential failure modes include fatigue, yielding, and ultimate stress limit. F.V. Hunt wrote a seminal paper on this subject, titled “Stress and Stress Limits on the Attainable Velocity in Mechanical… Read more