| Autor: |
Jeanne L. Crews, Justin H. Kerr, Eric P. Fahrenthold, Eric L. Christiansen |
| Rok vydání: |
1995 |
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| Zdroj: |
Computational Mechanics ’95 ISBN: 9783642796562 |
| DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-642-79654-8_236 |
| Popis: |
Beginning in late 1997, NASA and its international partners will assemble the International Space Station Alpha in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Researchers have studied the LEO environment for many years and have determined that orbital debris and meteoroids will pose a dangerous threat to ISSA over its 15 year lifetime [1]. For this reason, lightweight shielding systems are under development to protect ISSA from man-made debris and meteoroids which could impact the orbiting laboratory at a maximum closing velocity of 79 km/s. Existing shielding strategies include using thin sheets of Aluminum (Al) spaced some distance apart, a Whipple shield, to protect the ISSA [2]. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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