Protecting spacecraft against orbital debris impact damage using composite materials

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 869-878

  Schonberg, W P ^a  

^a University of Alabama in Huntsville   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELAMINATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMPACT TESTING; PERFORATING; SPACE DEBRIS; SPACECRAFT; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

HYPERVELOCITY PROJECTILE IMPACT; MULTIWALL SYSTEM; ORBITAL DEBRIS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0033698120     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(00)00019-1     Document Type: Article

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