The Electro-Physics Branch at NASA Glenn Research Center has been involved with evaluating the durability of materials and understanding environment interactions for over 20 years. A combination of flight experiments, ground based exposure facilities, and environmental modeling provide a well rounded approach to material durability evaluation and prediction for future missions. Ground based testing includes atomic oxygen exposure facilities (large and small area thermal facilities and directed atomic oxygen with and without VUV radiation, VUV and NUV exposure facility, and thermal cycling facility with and without UV radiation. A lunar dust exposure facility is also being brought on-line. Material reactions in these facilities is compared to that observed in space.
Overview of Space Environment Effects on Materials and GRC's Test Capabilities
2006-10-01
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
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Englisch
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