On the Applicability of Spacecraft Passive Protection

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The spacecraft passive protection of a monolithic and a screen types has been considered. The screen passive protection includes one additional protective shield placed in front of the protected wall. The penetration length of particles for various types of passive protection has been estimated. Based on the simulation results and experimental data presented in the literature, the applicability ranges of various types of spacecraft passive protection are formulated.

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V. V. Svotina

Research Institute of Applied Mechanics and Electrodynamics of the Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University)

Email: vsvotina@mail.ru
Moscow, Russia

M. V. Cherkasova

Research Institute of Applied Mechanics and Electrodynamics of the Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University)

Moscow, Russia

А. V. Melnikov

Research Institute of Applied Mechanics and Electrodynamics of the Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University)

Moscow, Russia

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