Pyrotechnic devices such as linear shaped charge and frangible joints are used for stage and fairing separation in launch vehicles. These devices generate high-frequency mechanical shock energy. Avionics components mounted in the vehicle must be designed and tested to withstand this shock energy. Thus, ground… Read more
The European Cooperation for Space Standardization http://www.ecss.nl/ Download: ECSS-E-ST-10-03C, Space Engineering: Testing Spacecraft Mechanical Loads Analysis Handbook: ECSS-E-HB-32-26A_19February2013 Slide summary: ESA_mechanical_loads_handbook_part_1 * * * SMC-S-016, Air Force Space Command, Space and Missile Systems Center, Standard Test Requirements for Launch, Upper-Stage and Space Vehicles, 2014 Download… Read more
Question: MIL-STD-810G, Method 526 Rail Impact, outlines the physical test of an actual system at 4, 6, and 8 mph. Is there an equivalent laboratory shock test for equipment which is to be transported via railroad car? Answer 1: from Tom Irvine U.S. Army TB… Read more