Abstract
Attempts to use fiducial limit curves of a set of classes of shock spectra as a basis for the design of structures have shown that the design spectra obtained by the combinatorial analysis of many shock spectra tend to be overconservative. This paper presents a possible explanation for this. It exhibits some experimental evidence to show that the values of interest in a shock spectrum plot tend to lie in the valleys of that plot and not upon the peaks, whereas fiducial limit curves are controlled by the peaks of the individual shock spectra.
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O'Hara, G.J. Effect upon shock spectra of the dynamic reaction of structures. Experimental Mechanics 1, 145–151 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02327585
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