Impact sensor network for detection of hypervelocity impacts on spacecraft

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 901-911

  Schäfer, Frank ^a   Janovsky, Rolf ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR HIGH SPEED DYNAMICS   (Germany)

^b OHB SYSTEM AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; ALGORITHMS; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SPACECRAFT; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ALUMINIUM HONEYCOMB; HYPERVELOCITY IMPACT; OHB-SYSTEM; PEAK AMPLITUDE;

SENSORS;

EID: 34548487489     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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