In study carried out by Northrop Space Laboratories, variety of structural configurations successfully self-sealed following penetrations at speeds from 8000 to 20,000 fps; more successful sealants exhibit high damping and energy dissipation when compared with less successful materials; in unique application of theory of viscoelasticity, models of material response are proposed, and qualitative description of successful operation is advanced; material property data, results of hypervelocity perforations of elastomers and complete panels are presented.
Self-sealing spacecraft structures in meteoroid environment
AIAA -- Tech Paper
Meeting of the 2nd AIAA -- Manned Space Flight ; 1963 Meteor impact
1963
10 pages
Conference paper
English
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Meteoroid environment and its consequences to spacecraft structures
Engineering Index Backfile | 1966
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