Astronaut EVA exposure estimates from CAD model spacesuit geometry

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-9

  De Angelis, Giovanni ^a,b,c   Anderson, Brooke M ^d   Atwell, William ^e   Nealy, John E ^a   Qualls, Garry D ^b   Wilson, John W ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^e BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

EVA; ISS; LEO; Modeling; Radiation Safety; Space Radiation

Indexed keywords

CAMS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; NASA; ORBITS; RADIATION SHIELDING; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE SHUTTLES; SPACE STATIONS;

CAD MODELS; EXPOSURE ESTIMATES; EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONS; LEO; MODELING; NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER; RADIATION SAFETY; SPACE RADIATIONS; SPACE SUIT;

MANNED SPACE FLIGHT;

PROTON;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRON; EVALUATION; FORCE; GEOMETRY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPACE FLIGHT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2542540660     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.45.1     Document Type: Article

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