Flexible and deployable meteoroid/debris shielding for spacecraft

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 1 PART I, 1999, Pages 125-136

  Christiansen, E L ^a   Kerr, J H ^a   De La Fuente, H M ^a   Schneider, W C ^a  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLISTICS; FABRICS; FOAMED PLASTICS; IMPACT TESTING; POLYURETHANES; SHIELDING; SPACE DEBRIS; SPACECRAFT;

HYPERVELOCITY IMPACT TESTING;

IMPACT RESISTANCE;

EID: 0033361707     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0734-743x(99)00068-8     Document Type: Article

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