Vulnerability of spacecraft harnesses to hypervelocity impacts

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1728-1734

  Putzar, R ^a   Schaefer, F ^a   Lambert, M ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR HIGH SPEED DYNAMICS   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cables; Fragment cloud; Honeycomb sandwich panel; Space debris; Spacecraft vulnerability

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; MECHANISMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); RANGE FINDING; SPACE DEBRIS; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT; SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT; STRUCTURAL PANELS;

COMPLEX STRUCTURES; DATA CABLES; ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCES; EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCIES; FAILURE MECHANISMS; FRAGMENT CLOUD; HONEYCOMB SANDWICH PANEL; HYPERVELOCITY IMPACTS; IMPACT VELOCITIES; MECHANICAL DAMAGES; POWER CABLES; RADIO FREQUENCIES; SHORT CIRCUITS; SIGNAL CABLES; SPACECRAFT STRUCTURES; TWISTED PAIRS;

CABLES;

EID: 56949085019     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2008.07.067     Document Type: Article

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