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Conceptual design of a space vehicle for orbital debris protection
dc.contributor | Telichev, Igor |
dc.contributor.author | Thomson, Daniel |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-01-12T19:54:57Z |
dc.date.available | 2015-01-12T19:54:57Z |
dc.date.issued | 2013 |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2099.1/24505 |
dc.description.abstract | As the orbital debris environment deteriorates, the threat to spacecraft is becoming increasingly significant. Additionally, current protection techniques leave them vulnerable to objects between 1 and 10 cm. The objective for this project was to design a “defender” space vehicle capable of shielding spacecraft from objects in this range of sizes. The design was divided into three stages: first, using SPH simulations, a shield capable of defeating large projectiles was designed based on existing shield types; next, a deployment mechanism that allowed the shield to be stored compactly for launch was designed and analyzed using a vector-based kinematics and dynamics method; finally, a general design of the service module was made. The final design consisted of an eight-layer shield with an umbrella-inspired deployment mechanism. It was 3 m in diameter by 7 m long with the shield folded and had a mass of 5100 kg; proving the feasibility of this measure. |
dc.language.iso | eng |
dc.publisher | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Spain |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ |
dc.subject | Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Aeronàutica i espai::Astronàutica::Enginyeria aeroespacial |
dc.subject.lcsh | Launch vehicles (Astronautics) -- Design and construction |
dc.subject.lcsh | Launch vehicles (Astronautics) -- Safety measures |
dc.subject.lcsh | Space debris |
dc.title | Conceptual design of a space vehicle for orbital debris protection |
dc.type | Bachelor thesis |
dc.subject.lemac | Vehicles espacials -- Disseny i construcció |
dc.subject.lemac | Vehicles espacials -- Mesures de sguretat |
dc.subject.lemac | Residus espacials |
dc.rights.access | Open Access |
dc.audience.educationlevel | Grau |
dc.audience.mediator | Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeria Industrial de Barcelona |
dc.contributor.covenantee | University of Manitoba |
dc.description.mobility | Outgoing |