| Autor: |
Brooke M. Anderson, Christopher A. Sandridge, John E. Nealy, Garry D. Qualls, Nathan Luetke |
| Rok vydání: |
2004 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Space 2004 Conference and Exhibit. |
| DOI: |
10.2514/6.2004-6087 |
| Popis: |
The International Space Station (ISS) living areas receive the preponderance of ionizing radiation exposure from Galactic Cosmic Rays (GCR) and geomagnetically trapped protons. Practically all trapped proton exposure occurs when the ISS passes through the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) region. The fact that this region is in proximity to a trapping mirror point indicates that the proton flux is highly directional. The inherent shielding provided by the ISS structure is represented by a recently-developed CAD model of the current 11-A configuration. Using modeled environment and configuration, trapped proton exposures have been analytically estimated at selected target points within the Service and Lab Modules. The results indicate that the directional flux may lead to substantially different exposure characteristics than the more common analyses that assume an isotropic environment. Additionally, predictive capability of the computational procedure should allow sensitive validation with corresponding on-board directional dosimeters. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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