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Experimental Study of the Resistance of Corrugated Mesh Micrometeoroid/Orbital Debris Shields

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A method is proposed for a quantitative assessment of protective properties of a spacecraft shielding structure at hypervelocity impact. The method uses a multilayer recording target, which is placed outside the shield. An experimental study has been conducted of mesh shield resistance to micrometeoroid/orbital debris damage, which has confirmed an enhancement of protective properties for a cascade arrangement of meshes (first a coarse mesh, then a fine one) and in the case of substituting a corrugated mesh for a flat one.

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This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, project no. 16-19-10264.

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  1. Lavochkin Association, Khimki, Moscow oblast, Russia

    D. B. Dobritsa & B. Yu. Yashchenko

  2. Research Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia

    S. V. Pashkov & Yu. F. Khristenko

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Dobritsa, D.B., Yashchenko, B.Y., Pashkov, S.V. et al. Experimental Study of the Resistance of Corrugated Mesh Micrometeoroid/Orbital Debris Shields. Sol Syst Res 56, 553–561 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S003809462207005X

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