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Empirical predictions of hypervelocity impact damage to the space stationA family of user-friendly, DOS PC based, Microsoft BASIC programs written to provide spacecraft designers with empirical predictions of space debris damage to orbiting spacecraft is described. The spacecraft wall configuration is assumed to consist of multilayer insulation (MLI) placed between a Whipple style bumper and the pressure wall. Predictions are based on data sets of experimental results obtained from simulating debris impacts on spacecraft using light gas guns on Earth. A module of the program facilitates the creation of the data base of experimental results that are used by the damage prediction modules of the code. The user has the choice of three different prediction modules to predict damage to the bumper, the MLI, and the pressure wall. One prediction module is based on fitting low order polynomials through subsets of the experimental data. Another prediction module fits functions based on nondimensional parameters through the data. The last prediction technique is a unique approach that is based on weighting the experimental data according to the distance from the design point.
Document ID
19910021437
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Technical Memorandum (TM)
Authors
Rule, W. K. (Alabama Univ. Tuscaloosa., United States)
Hayashida, K. B. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1991
Subject Category
Computer Programming And Software
Report/Patent Number
NASA-TM-103550
NAS 1.15:103550
Accession Number
91N30751
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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