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Evaluation of adhesive materials used on the long duration exposure facility
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Pippin, H. G. Dursch, H. W. Keough, B. K. |
| Copyright Year | 1995 |
| Description | The adhesive and adhesive-like materials flown on LDEF included epoxies and silicones (including lap shear specimens), conformal coatings, potting compounds, and several tapes and transfer films. With the exception of the lap shear specimens, these materials were used in the fabrication and assembly of the experiments such as bonding thermal control surfaces to other hardware and holding individual specimens in place, similar to applications on other spacecraft. Typically, the adhesives were not exposed to solar radiation or atomic oxygen. Only one adhesive system was used in a structural application. This report documents all results of the Materials and Systems SIG investigation into the effect of long term low Earth orbit (LEO) exposure of these materials. Results of this investigation show that if the material was shielded from exposure to LDEF's external environment, the 69 month exposure to LEO had, in most cases, minimal effect on the material. |
| File Size | 4356910 |
| Page Count | 60 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19950016501 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3fz26q8t |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1995-03-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Earth Orbital Environments Adhesives Epoxy Resins Spaceborne Experiments Coatings Potting Compounds Long Duration Exposure Facility Silicones Spacecraft Construction Materials Postmission Analysis Spacecraft Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
