Hypervelocity impact response of honeycomb sandwich panels

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 66, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 455-466

  Schonberg, William ^a   Schäfer, Frank ^b   Putzar, Robin ^b  

^a University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR HIGH SPEED DYNAMICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Honeycomb sandwich panels; Hypervelocity impact; Impact damage; Orbital debris; Regression

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEBRIS CLOUD; EARTH ORBITS; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; HIGH SPEED IMPACT; HIGH VELOCITY; HONEYCOMB SANDWICH PANELS; HYPERVELOCITY IMPACTS; IMPACT DAMAGES; MISSION CRITICAL SYSTEMS; ORBITAL DEBRIS; PICKING UP; REGRESSION EQUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT CODE; SPACECRAFT COMPONENTS; TEST CONDITION;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SPACE DEBRIS; SPACECRAFT; STRUCTURAL PANELS;

HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES;

EID: 70449720959     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2009.06.018     Document Type: Article

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