On the validity of the aluminum equivalent approximation in space radiation shielding applications

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 719-727

  Badavi, Francis F ^a   Adams, Daniel O ^b   Wilson, John W ^c  

^a CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum equivalent approximation; GCR; HZETRN; ISS

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; IONIZING RADIATION; NASA; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; POLYMERS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPACE STATIONS; SPHERES;

DEEP-SPACE EXPLORATION; HZETRN; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONS; LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTERS; PARTICLE TRANSPORT CODES; POLYMERIC CONSTITUENTS; SPACE RADIATION SHIELDING; SPACECRAFT STRUCTURES;

RADIATION SHIELDING;

EID: 77955521008     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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