Radiation shielding, MDO processes, and single stage to orbit design

AIAA Space 2003 Conference and Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Wilson, J W ^a   Korte, J J ^a   Sobieski, J ^a   Badavi, F F ^b   Chokshi, S M ^c   Martinovic, Z N ^a   Cerro, J ^a   Qualls, G D ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN APPLICATIONS; DESIGN PERFORMANCE; HIGH-PERFORMANCE DESIGN; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY OPTIMIZATIONS; PERFORMANCE CRITERION; SHIELDING OPTIMIZATIONS; SINGLE STAGE TO ORBITS; SPACECRAFT DESIGN;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS); OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION PROTECTION;

DESIGN;

EID: 84897818298     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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