Develop a representative testbed for use in developing shock prediction methodologies
Provide a mobile high-quality shock testing infrastructure (hardware, instrumentation, DAS) to advance the field in many ways
Conduct a series of tests on different hardware to get a broad database
Share test data to develop and demonstrate shock propagation methodologies
Part 1: ShockSat1 (2021-2022)
Satellite-like structure with bolted joints, bulkheads, struts, and material changes
Impact/Hammer, point source pyro, and line source pyro testing
Parts 2+ (2023+):
Variations on structure and mass to complicate the prediction process
Background
Shock propagation prediction is lagging other analyses for the design of spacecraft
Semi-empirical methods of joints and distance attenuation from 1970 as still used as the baseline even though numerous studies have shown that these methods are inadequate
Some new analyses methods are hidden by the proprietary applications and some are massaged to match poor FEMs
ShockSat is designed to remedy the issues and provide data that can really be used to advance the field in the public domain
ShockSat1
Sheet-metal structure
Simple structure with shock transmission features
Structure is unprotected by any proprietary or secret restrictions
