Extension of the shock damage bounds to general shock loads

Desen Hou, Q. M. Li*

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Abstract

This study proves that the shock damage bounds derived in [1] for shock loads represented by individual shock-waveform signals are valid for general shock signals. The proof is built on two recent findings, i.e. (i) a general shock signal can be decomposed into a finite number of shock-waveform components, and (ii) the shock response spectrum of the original shock signal is geometrically similar to the envelope of the shock response spectra of all decomposed shock-waveform components. This work further consolidates the legitimacy of the shock damage bounds proposed in [1].

Original languageEnglish
Article number105387
JournalInternational Journal of Impact Engineering
Volume204
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2025
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Amplification coefficients
  • Shock damage bounds
  • Shock loads

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