Low earth orbital atomic oxygen interactions with spacecraft materials

Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 851, Issue , 2005, Pages 331-342

  Banks, Bruce A ^a   De Groh, Kim K ^a   Miller, Sharon K ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; EARTH (PLANET); FUNCTIONS; ORBITAL TRANSFER; OXYGEN; SPACE SHUTTLES;

ATOMIC OXYGEN; LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO); POLYIMIDE KAPTON H; VAPOR DEPOSITED ALUMINUM;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 23844471282     PISSN: 02729172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (11)

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2. Banks, B. A., de Groh, K. K., Rutledge, S. K., DiFilippo, F. J., "Prediction of In-Space Durability of Protected Polymers Based on Ground Laboratory Thermal Energy Atomic Oxygen," paper presented at the Third International Space Conference, Toronto, Canada, April 25-26, 1996.
3. Mende, S. B. Swenson, G. R., Clifton, K. S., Science, Vol. 225:191, 1984.
4. Banks, B.A., Rutledge S.K., "Low Earth Orbital Atomic Oxygen Simulation for Materials Durability Evaluation", Fourth European Symposium on Spacecraft Materials in Space Environment, Toulouse, France, 6-9, September, 1988, pp.372-392. 10.
5. Bruce A. Banks, S. K. Rutledge, Phillip E. Paulsen and Thomas J. Steuber, "Simulation of the Low Earth Orbital Atomic Oxygen Interaction With Materials by Means of an Oxygen Ion Beam," Presented at the 18th Annual Symposium on Applied Vacuum Science and Technology, Clearwater Beach, Florida, February 6-8, 1989; NASA TM 101971, 1989.
6. Bruce A. Banks, "The Use of Fluoropolymers in Space Applications" in Modern Fluoropolymers, Edited by John Scheirs, (pp. 103-113), Chapter 4, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 1997.
7. "Prediction of Erosion of Polymer-Based Materials by Atomic Oxygen in LEO," Integrity Testing Laboratory Inc. Final Report, GRC Contract #C-72917-G, 1998.
8. Banks, B. A., Rutledge, S. K., Chan, A., Sahota, M., "The Development of Surface Roughness and Implications for Cellular Attachment in Biomedical Applications," NASA TM 2001-211288, presented at the 2001 Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society, Boston, MA, November 26-30, 2001.
9. Banks, B. A., Stueber, T.J., Snyder, S. A., Rutledge, S. K., and Norris, M. J., "Atomic Oxygen Erosion Phenomena," presented at the American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Defense and Space Programs Conference, Huntsville, AL, Sept. 23-25, 1997.
10. Banks, B., Lenczewski, M., and Demko, R., "Durability Issues for the Protection of Materials from Atomic Oxygen Attack in Low Earth Orbit," NASA TM-2002-211830 August, 2002, Paper IAC-02-1.5.02 presented at the 53 International Astronautical Congress, The World Space Congress - 2002, Houston TX, October 10-19, 2002.
11. D. A. Jaworske, K. K. de Groh, G. Podojil, T. McCollum and J. Anzic, "Leveling Coatings for Reducing the Atomic Oxygen Defect Density in Protected Graphite Fiber Epoxy Composites," Journal of the IES (Institute of Environmental Sciences), May/June 1994, Vol. XXXVII, No. 3, pp. 26-31.