The paper outlines selected outputs from an ongoing Marshall Space Flight Center/US Army Corps of Engineers parametric study of the effects of meteoroid/space debris impacts on Space Station Freedom module wall protection structures. The advantages and limitations of HULL hydrocode computer simulation are discussed, and examples of meteoroid/ debris impacts on various wall structural designs are presented. Trends in the terminal effects of particle sizes, velocities, shapes, and impact angles upon structural design parameters (wall and bumper thickness and spacing) are summarized and depicted through selected simulation runs. Throughout the paper, proposed structural modifications to the baseline module protection structure will be examined which are capable of mitigating damage from particle impacts.


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    Title :

    Freedom Station wall design using hydrodynamic modelling


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    Publication date :

    1990-09-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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