Three dimensional hypervelocity impact simulation for orbital debris shield design
✍ Scribed by Justin H. Kerr; Eric P. Fahrenthold
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 727 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0734-743X
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✦ Synopsis
This paper assesses a Whipple shield impact simulation method which is both accurate and computationally efficient. The paper documents the simulation methodology and results of Whipple shield simulations at an oblique impact angle of 30 ° . These results are compared with HVI experiments to demonstrate the accuracy of the simulation technique. In addition, simulations of Whipple shields in the velocity regime above 8krn/s were completed and the results compared to published ballistic limit equations to demonstrate the reliability of these equations. Finally, the paper documents computational efficiency of the simulation technique.