This report describes a test program in which several orbital debris shield designs were impact tested using the inhibited shaped charge launcher facility at Southwest Research Institute. This facility enables researchers to study the impact of one-gram aluminum projectiles on various shielding designs at velocities above 11 km/s. A total of twenty tests were conducted on targets provided by NASA-MSFC. This report discusses in detail the shield design, the projectile parameters and the test configuration used for each test. A brief discussion of the target damage is provided, as the detailed analysis of the target response will be done by NASA-MSFC.


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    Title :

    Inhibited Shaped Charge Launcher Testing of Spacecraft Shield Designs


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1996-09-01


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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