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 as 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 :
- bumper shield
Terme associé :
- bumper