The Whipple bumper is a space shield designed to protect a space station from the most hazardous orbital space debris environment. A series of numerical simulations has been performed using the multi-dimensional hydrodynamics code CTH to estimate the effectiveness of the thin Whipple bumper design. These simulations are performed for impact velocities of (approximately)10 km/s which are now accessible by experiments using the Sandia hypervelocity launcher facility. For a (approximately)10 km/s impact by a 0.7 gm aluminum flier plate, the experimental results indicate that the debris cloud resulting upon impact of the bumper shield by the flier plate, completely penetrates the sub-structure. The CTH simulations also predict complete penetration by the subsequent debris cloud. 5 refs., 4 figs., 2 tabs.


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    Titel :

    Whipple bumper shield simulations


    Beteiligte:
    E. S. Hertel (Autor:in) / L. C. Chhabildas (Autor:in) / S. A. Hill (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1991


    Format / Umfang :

    14 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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    Experimental and Numerical Simulations of Orbital Debris Impact on a Simple Whipple Bumper Shield

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