Space Debris : Hazard Evaluation and Debris /: Hazard Evaluation and Debris. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editor, N.N. Smirnov.
• Editors: Smirnov, N. N
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Contributors; Chapter 1: Orbital Debris Hazards Assessment and Mitigation Strategies; 1.1. Space Debris Environment; 1.1.1. Introduction; 1.1.2. Space Debris Environment: Low Earth Orbit (LEO); a) Debris Measurements; b) Future Debris Population Estimates; 1.1.3. Space Debris Environment: Geosynchronous Orbit (GEO); 1.2. Collision Hazards; 1.2.1. Collision Probability; a) Poisson Distribution; b) Distance of Closest Approach; c) Weibull Distribution; 1.2.2. Breakup Modeling; a) Debris Cloud Evolution Modeling 1.3. Mitigation Strategies1.4. Inter-Agency/International Activities; 1.4.1. Inter-Agency Activities; 1.4.2. International Activities; a) The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA); b) The Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC); c) United Nations (UN); 1.5. Summary and Conclusions; Chapter 2: European Space Agency Activities on Orbital Debris; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Space Debris Research Activities; 2.2.1. The Terrestrial Meteoroid and Debris Environment; 2.2.2. Risk Analysis; 2.2.3. Debris Protection and Mitigation 2.3. Harmonization in Europe and International Cooperation2.4. Conclusions; Chapter 3: Mathematical Model for Space Debris Evolution, Production and Self-Production; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Mathematical Model; 3.3. Marginal Cases Analysis; 3.4. Some Results of Numerical Investigations; 3.5. Conclusions; Chapter 4: The Solution of Applied Problems Using the Space Debris Prediction and Analysis Model; 4.1. Basic Principles of the Model Construction. The Data on New Yearly Formed Objects; 4.1.1. Introduction; 4.1.2. Approach; 4.1.3. Principles of the Space Debris Environment Forecast 4.1.4. The Data on New Yearly Formed Objects4.1.5. Distribution of Parameters of New-Formed Objects; 4.1.6. General Characteristics of SD Software; 4.2. Current Space Debris Environment Containing Particles Larger than 0.1 em; 4.2.1. Introduction; 4.2.2. Spatial Density Distribution Construction Technique; 4.2.3. Velocity Distribution Construction Technique; 4.2.4. Current Spatial Density Distribution; 4.3. Collisions of Spacecrafts with Debris Particles Assessment; 4.3.1. A Brief Review of the Used Methods; 4.3.2. Development of the Technique for Collision Probability Evaluation 4.3.3. Characteristics of the Relative Flux of SOs4.3.4. The Probability of Mutual Collisions for a Group of Objects; 4.4. The Account of Shape and Orientation of Typical Spacecraft Modules; 4.4.1. Aerodynamic Analogy; 4.4.2. Determining the Coefficient CN for Typical SC Structure Components; 4.4.3. Examples of Collision Probability Determination; 4.5. Forecast of Space Debris Environment; 4.5.1. General Characteristics of the Forecasting Algorithm; 4.5.2. Initial Environment and Conditions of the Forecast; 4.5.3. Example of a Debris Environment Forecast
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 629.416; Physics; Physics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482288193; 1482288192
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