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Predictions of dose from electrons in space
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Seltzer, Stephen M. |
| Copyright Year | 1992 |
| Description | The objective of the project is to develop a general-purpose, user-friendly computerized database and code package, for the PC as well as larger computers, which can be used for the routine prediction of the absorbed dose from incident electrons and their secondary bremsstrahlung (and from incident protons) as functions of the thickness of aluminum shielding in space. The assumption of homogeneous aluminum shields and of isotropic incident fluxes (at least in a time-averaged sense) allows for the rather reliable conversion of doses in slabs to those in other simple bodies, such as spherical and cylindrical solids and shells. On such a basis, depth-dose data for monoenergetic incident radiation can be generated once-and-for-all from accurate transport calculations, and this database can then be used repeatedly in rapid dose predictions for arbitrary radiation spectra and for a variety of spacecraft sizes and shapes, without recourse to the very time-consuming Monte Carlo calculations. This project entails a thorough updating, extension, and refinement of our earlier SHIELDOSE package, with the goal of a more reliable, fool-proof, and general system. |
| File Size | 7379618 |
| Page Count | 82 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19930006391 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t57d7ss1f |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1992-12-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Space Radiation Protons Thickness Tables Data Spacecraft Shielding Aluminum Bremsstrahlung Radiation Hazards Extraterrestrial Radiation Dosage Monte Carlo Method Data Bases Electrons Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |