bouclier météoritique
- Domaine
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- astronautique
Terme :
- bouclier météoritique n. m.
Traductions
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anglais
Auteur : Taillefer, Yves,Définition
A thin skin which is easily penetrated by the smallest meteoroid capable of penetrating the main spacecraft wall, but whose purpose is to generate such a strong shock wave in the impacting meteoroid that it will be fragmented into tiny pieces or possibly even vapourised.
Note :
Between the bumper and the wall is a space to allow dispersion of the disintegrated meteoroid and bumper material; the wall itself must then be capable of absorbing the dispersed material without failure.
Terme :
- meteoroid bumper