Publication Date:
2019-06-27
Description:
Hypervelocity impact tests were conducted to simulate the damage that meteoroids will produce in the Shuttle Orbiter leading edge structural subsystem material. The nature and extent of the damage is reported and the probability of encountering meteoroids with sufficient energy to produce such damage is discussed.
Keywords:
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Type:
NASA-TM-X-74039
Format:
application/pdf
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