Modeling and Testing a Mid-Field Pyroshock Simulation Apparatus

Space Systems/Loral Engineering, 2002-03

Liaison(s): Brian W. Childs, James Bockholt
Advisor(s): Ziyad Duron
Students(s): Anna Olsen (PM), Jeremy Watson, Greg Pomrehn, Su Hyun Jeun, Brian Brenhaug

When satellites are launched into orbit, they experience explosive shocks. Satellite components must be shown to withstand these pyroshocks before space launch. The Clinic team has been asked to develop a method to simulate pyroshock events defined by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L). The team experimented with different test structures while developing two analytical models of these structures. The team collected experimental data to validate and modify the analytical models.