Radiation protection effectiveness of polymeric based shielding materials at low earth orbit

International SAMPE Symposium and Exhibition (Proceedings)

Volumn 52, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Badavi, Francis F ^a   Stewart Sloan, Charlotte R ^b   Adams, Daniel O ^c   Wilson, John W ^d  

^a CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum alloy; Low earth orbit (LEO); Polyethylene (PE)

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOY; CHARGED PARTICLE TRANSPORTS; CUT-OFF RIGIDITIES; FOAM CORES; IONIZING RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTERS; LEO ENVIRONMENTS; LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO); NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; POLYETHYLENE (PE); POLYMERIC CONSTITUENTS; POLYMERIC MATERIALS; RADIATION ENVIRONMENTS; RADIATION SHIELDS; RADIO FREQUENCY MEASUREMENTS; SHIELDING MATERIALS; SHIELDING PERFORMANCE; SPACE STRUCTURES; SPACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; SPACECRAFT STRUCTURES; SPECTRA FIBERS; TIME DEPENDENTS; TRANSMISSION COEFFICIENTS;

ALLOYS; ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ALUMINUM METALLURGY; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CARBON FIBERS; CHARGED PARTICLES; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; EPOXY RESINS; FOAMS; HYDROGEN; IONIZING RADIATION; IONS; LIGHT METALS; MATERIALS; MATERIALS HANDLING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; ORBITS; PARTICLE SEPARATORS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYMERS; RADIATION; RADIATION SHIELDING; RADIOACTIVITY; RESINS; SHIELDING; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE PLATFORMS; SPHERES; THERMOPLASTICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

RADIATION PROTECTION;

EID: 57649083532     PISSN: 08910138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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