Probabilistic assessment of debris impact damage on orbital structures

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 571-588

  Kiureghian, Armen Der ^a   Geysekns, Philippe V ^a   Khalessi, Mohammad R ^b  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

^b Rockwell International   (United States)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Crater; Damage; Debris objects; Impact; Probability distribution; Random fields; Spacecraft

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; SPACECRAFT;

DEBRIS IMPACT DAMAGE;

IMPACT RESISTANCE;

EID: 0031198845     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0734-743x(96)00045-0     Document Type: Article

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