Substantiation of design and technological parameters of anti-meteoroid protection for critical elements of modern spacecraft

Authors: Smirnov A.V., Mikhailova M.A.
Published in issue: #12(65)/2021
DOI: 10.18698/2541-8009-2021-12-753
Category: Aviation and Rocket-Space Engineering | Chapter: Aircrafts Development, Design and Manufacture
Keywords: space debris, spacecraft, impact interaction, shield, high velocity impact, ballistic curve, numerical simulation, protective structures
Published: 13.12.2021

The problem is considered of protecting critical elements of modern and advanced spacecraft from collisions with space debris in conditions of a continuously increasing degree of near-earth space contamination with objects of technogenic origin. A constructive scheme of protection against high-speed impact interaction of large fragments is proposed. As a result of numerical simulation of the impact process in a wide range of velocities, the optimal design and technological parameters of the screen and its protective properties are determined depending on the mass characteristics and material of the striker. The presented design scheme allows to achieve a significant improvement in the protection of spacecraft critical elements.

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