This International Standard establishes the procedures for specifying the analytical methods which can be used to assess the shock resistance of mechanical systems (products or human subjects). It provides a protocol for conducting and documenting a shock analysis and identifies the requirements of the protocol. It applies to any product or human subject for which an analytical assessment of its shock resistance is required. NOTE 1 In this International Standard, unless noted otherwise, the term "product" is used to designate an engineering artifact (for example, equipment, component, machine, vehicle or structure). NOTE 2 Neither the parameters characterizing the shock environments of concern nor acceptable levels of performance are associated with specific numerical values in this International Standard. When evaluating the shock resistance of a specific product to specific shock environments and/or levels of performance, it is necessary that appropriate numerical values be assigned to these parameters; this International Standard only establishes how such an evaluation can be carried out and does not specify the numerical values that could or should be assigned in any specific instance.