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Understanding Pyrotechnic Shock Dynamics And Response Attenuation Over Distance, Richard J. Ott

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Component requirements govern design and production in the aerospace industry. One such potential requirement for a component is the survival and continued function upon exposure to shock environments. A shock event is a high amplitude, short duration traveling wave that induces large loads on components in its path that can cause degradation of electronic components, cracks and fractures in brittle materials, local plastic deformation, and materials to experience accelerated fatigue life. In defining these environments for new structures, industry experts rely mainly on empirical data. Measurements from similar structures are scaled and enveloped to create a predicted bounding case. This …