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Tethers as debris: hydrocode simulation of impacts of polymer tether fragments on aluminum plates
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Evans, Steven W. |
| Copyright Year | 2003 |
| Description | Tethers promise to find use in a variety of space applications. Despite being narrow objects, their great lengths result in them having large total areas. Consequently, tethers are very susceptible to being severed by orbital debris. Extensive work has been done designing tethers that resist severs by small debris objects, in order to lengthen their working lives. It is from this perspective that most recent work has considered the tether - debris question. The potential of intact tethers, or severed tether fragments, as debris, to pose a significant collision risk to other spacecraft has been less well studied. Understanding the consequences of such collisions is important in assessing the risks tethers pose to other spacecraft. This paper discusses the damage that polymer tethers may produce on aluminum plates, as revealed by hypervelocity impact simulations using the SPHC hydrodynamic code. |
| File Size | 2230985 |
| Page Count | 6 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20030062111 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t0sr3tt1t |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2003-02-18 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance Space Debris Simulation Metal Plates Collisions Fragments Tethering Hypervelocity Impact Technology Utilization Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
