Whipple shield, a dual-wall system, as well as its improved structures, is widely applied to
defend the hypervelocity impact of space debris (projectile). This paper reviews the studies …

In this study the perforation of composite sandwich structures subjected to high-velocity
impact was analysed. Sandwich panels with carbon/epoxy skins and an aluminium …

Structures Under Crash and Impact: Continuum Mechanics, Discretization and Experimental
Characterization examines the testing and modeling of materials and structures under …

In this study, the finite element and smoothed-particle hydrodynamics adaptive method was
used to reproduce experiments on honeycomb sandwich shields impacted by spherical …

A Whipple shield is a double-plate structure commonly used to protect spacecraft from space
fragments. The space fragments hit the outer plate and break into a debris cloud with …

Spacecraft that are launched to operate in Earth orbit are susceptible to impacts by
meteoroids and pieces of orbital debris (MMOD). The effect of a MMOD particle impact on a …

In this paper, the honeycomb sandwich panel (HSP) reinforced with bi-layer Ceramic
(B4C)/Aluminum (Al7075-T6) facesheets is proposed to be used as a shield for spacecraft …

The atomic-scale fragmentation processes involved in molecules undergoing hypervelocity
impacts (HVIs; defined as> 3 km/s) are challenging to investigate via experiments and still …

This paper studies the high-velocity impact response of sandwich plates, with E-glass
fibre/polyester face-sheets and foam core, using finite-element models developed in …

In this experimental study, high velocity impact behavior of honeycomb sandwich structures
with Al6061/B 4 C FGM face plates subjected to 0.30 caliber fragment simulating projectile …