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Author Sgobba, Tommaso

Title Safety Design for Space Systems
Edition 2nd ed
Published San Diego : Elsevier Science & Technology, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (1190 p.)
Contents Front Cover -- Safety Design for Space Systems -- Safety Design for Space Systems -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of contributors -- About the editors -- Preface to the first edition -- Preface to the second edition -- Acknowledgments -- 1 -- Introduction -- 1.1.1 Apollo 1 -- 1.1.2 Soyuz 1 -- 1.1.3 Soyuz 11 -- 1.1.4 Shuttle Challenger -- 1.1.5 Shuttle Columbia -- 1.1.6 SpaceShipTwo -- 1.1.7 Data on human spaceflight incidents -- 1.2.1 The space system -- 1.2.1.1 Systems of systems -- 1.2.2 Space system safety -- 1.3.1 Change brings risk, but lack of change also brings risk
1.4.1 Introductory part -- 1.4.2 General part -- 1.4.3 Special safety topics -- References -- 2 -- The space environment: natural and induced -- 2.1.1 Composition -- 2.1.2 Atomic oxygen -- 2.1.3 The ionosphere -- 2.1.3.1 Ionospheric models -- 2.1.3.2 Variations in the ionosphere -- 2.1.3.3 Behavior of radio waves in the ionosphere -- 2.2.1 Orbital debris -- 2.2.1.1 Launch and mission-related objects -- 2.2.1.2 Explosion and collision fragments -- 2.2.1.3 Debris sources unrelated to fragmentation -- 2.2.1.4 Debris impact probability -- 2.2.2 Meteoroids -- 2.2.2.1 Meteoroid population
2.2.2.2 Meteoroid impact probability -- 2.3.1 Acoustics safety issues -- 2.3.2 Acoustic requirements -- 2.3.2.1 Continuous noise -- 2.3.2.2 Intermittent noise -- 2.3.2.3 Narrow band components -- 2.3.2.4 Ultrasound and infrasound -- 2.3.2.5 Hazardous overall noise limits -- 2.3.2.6 Reverberation time -- 2.3.2.7 Alarms -- 2.3.3 Compliance and verification -- 2.3.4 Conclusions and recommendations -- Recommended reading -- 2.4.1 Ionizing radiation -- 2.4.1.1 Sources of ionizing radiation -- 2.4.1.1.1 Solar particle radiation -- 2.4.1.1.2 Galactic cosmic radiation -- 2.4.1.1.3 Trapped radiation belts
2.4.1.2 Space radiation protection issues -- 2.4.1.3 Summary -- 2.4.2 Radio frequency radiation -- 2.4.2.1 Sources -- 2.4.2.1.1 Local facility sources -- 2.4.2.1.2 Terrestrial emitters -- 2.4.2.1.3 Natural and triggered lightning -- 2.4.2.1.4 Vehicle-borne emitters -- 2.4.2.1.5 Satellite sources -- 2.4.2.1.6 Solar flares and sunspots -- Recommended reading -- 2.5.1 Introduction to the thermal environment -- 2.5.2 Spacecraft heat transfer considerations -- 2.5.2.1 Thermo-optical properties -- 2.5.2.2 Overall spacecraft heat balance -- 2.5.3 The natural thermal environment -- 2.5.3.1 Solar flux
2.5.3.2 Planetary infrared flux or outgoing longwave radiation -- 2.5.3.3 Albedo flux -- 2.5.3.4 The planetary form factor -- 2.5.3.5 Combined albedo and planetary infrared effects -- 2.5.4 The induced thermal environment -- 2.5.4.1 Spacecraft attitude considerations -- 2.5.4.2 The orbit beta angle -- 2.5.4.3 Spacecraft geometric effects -- 2.5.5 Other lunar and planetary environment considerations -- 2.6.1 Introduction to environmental effects -- 2.6.2 Combined environments -- 2.6.3 Combined effects -- 2.6.4 Ground testing for space simulation -- References -- Further reading
3 -- Overview of bioastronautics
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Form Electronic book
Author Musgrave, Gary Eugene
Johnson, Gary
Kezirian, Michael T
ISBN 9780323956550
0323956556