Protection of Materials and Structures from the Low Earth Orbit Space Environment

1. Front Matter

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2. AO/VUV and Radiation Effects on Materials and Structures in the Leo Space Environment

   1. Low Flux Atomic Oxygen: Can it be More Hazardous than High Flux? A Risk Assessment Study

      • Y. Haruvy

      Pages 1-7

   2. Atomic Oxygen Durability Testing of an International Space Station Solar Array Validation Coupon

      • Mark J. Forkapa, Curtis R. Stidham, Bruce A. Banks, Sharon K. Rutledge, David H. Ma, Edward A. Sechkar

      Pages 9-29

   3. A Technique for Synergistic Atomic Oxygen and Vacuum Ultraviolet Radiation Durability Evaluation of Materials for Use in Leo

      • Sharon K. Rutledge, Bruce A. Banks

      Pages 31-45

   4. Atomic Oxygen Durability of Second Surface Silver Microsheet Glass Concentrators

      • Kim K. de Groh, Donald A. Jaworske, Daniela C. Smith, Thaddeus S. Mroz

      Pages 47-64

   5. A Study of Atomic Oxygen (AO) Degradation by Spaceflight Experiment and Ground-Based Simulation

      • I. L. Harris, A. R. Chambers, G. T. Roberts

      Pages 65-72

   6. Laboratory Simulation of Low Earth Orbit

      • Corey L. Bungay, Ronald Synowicki, Blaine Spady, Jeffrey S. Hale, John A. Woollam

      Pages 73-88

3. Interaction of Matter with LEO Environment

   1. Prediction of In-Space Durability of Protected Polymers Based on Ground Laboratory Thermal Energy Atomic Oxygen

      • Bruce A. Banks, Kim K. De Groh, Sharon K. Rutledge, Frank J. Difilippo

      Pages 89-100

   2. Ground-Based Experimental Verification of the Predictive Model of Polymer-Based Materials Erosion by Atomic Oxygen in Leo

      • G. R. Cool, R. C. Tennyson, J. I. Kleiman, Yu. Gudimenko, Z. A. Iskanderova

      Pages 101-105

   3. Anomalous Behaviour of the Linear Expansion Coefficient of Reinforced Plastics at Increased Temperatures

      • R. Tourussov, V. Vishvanjuk, A. Antonov, A. Kuperman, A. Gorenberg, A. Freidine

      Pages 107-119

   4. Predictive Models of Erosion Processes in Leo Space Environment: A Basis for Development of an Engineering Software

      • J. I. Kleiman, Z. Iskanderova, Y. Gudimenko, V. Lemberg, R. C. Tennyson

      Pages 121-129

4. Large Scale Coating Process Developments for Protection in LEO

   1. The Strategic Technologies for Automation and Robotics (Stear) Program: Protection of Materials in the Space Environment Sub-Program

      • C. Brunet, L. R. Schmidt, D. Zimcik, J. Jackman, D. Carlsson

      Pages 131-138

   2. Plasma-Deposited Coatings for the Protection of Spacecraft Materials Against Atomic Oxygen Erosion

      • G. Czeremuszkin, M. R. Wertheimer, J. Cerny, J. E. Klemberg-Sapieha, L. Martinu

      Pages 139-153

   3. Large-Scale Electron Cyclotron Resonance Deposition of Protective Coatings for Space Applications

      • R. V. Kruzelecky, J. Blezius, A. K. Ghosh

      Pages 155-165

   4. Development of High Diffuse Reflectance Surfaces on Teflon

      • J. I. Kleiman, O. Popov, A. Tong, D. Molenda

      Pages 167-177

   5. Materials Exposure in Low Earth Orbit 2 (Meleo 2): an Update

      • Ethel PoirÉ, Hedley Richards, Walter Peruzzini

      Pages 179-188

   6. Protection of the Radarsat Spacecraft from the Low Earth Orbit Environment

      • D. G. Zimcik, S. Ahmed

      Pages 189-201

5. Synthesis and Modification of Materials and Surfaces for Protection in LEO

   1. About Some Aspects of Changing Optical Properties of Glass In Solar Arrays and other Space Materials on Exposure to Leo Space Environment

      • V. G. Tikhii

      Pages 203-206

   2. Photosil™ - A New Surface Modification Technique for Erosion Resistance Improvement of Polymer-Based Materials in Leo

      • J. I. Kleiman, YU. Yu. Gudimenko, Z. A. Iskanderova, G. R. Cool, R. C. Tennyson

      Pages 207-214

   3. Soft X-Ray Radiation as a Factor in the Degradation of Spacecraft Materials

      • Marc Van Eesbeek, Andrej Milintchouk, FranÇois Levadou

      Pages 215-223

This publication presents the proceedings of ICPMSE-3, the third international conference on Protection of Materials and Structures from the Low Earth Orbit Space Environment, held in Toronto April 25-26, 1996. The conference was hosted and organized by Integrity Testing Laboratory Inc, (ITL), and held at the University of Toronto's Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS), where ITL is located. Twenty industrial companies, seven wliversities and eight government agencies from Canada, USA, United Kingdom, France, Israel, Russia, Ukraine and the Netherlands were represented by over 55 participants indicating increasing international co-operation in this critical arena of protection of materials in space. Twenty-five speakers, world experts in their fields, delivered talks on a wide variety of topics on various aspects of material protection in space, Representatives from the Canadian, American, European and Israeli space agencies as well as from leading space research laboratories of major aerospace industries gathered at UTIAS to discuss the latest developments in the field of material and structure protection from the harsh space environment, These proceedings are organized into four sections: a) AONOV and Radiation Effects on Materials and Structures in the Leo Space Environment; b) Interaction of Matter with the LEO Environment; c) Large Scale Coating Process Developments for Protection in LEO; d) Synthesis and Modification of Materials and Surfaces for Protection in LEO, This is the third in our on-going series of bi-annual international space materials conferences wllich began in 1992 in Toronto. Jacob Kleiman, Integrity Testing Laboratory Inc.

• glass
• material
• plastics
• polymer
• radar
• robotics
• simulation
• space
• X-ray

• Integrity Testing Laboratory Inc., Toronto, Canada

  Jacob I. Kleiman

• Institute for Aerospace Studies, University of Toronto, Canada

  Roderick C. Tennyson

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