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The Behavior of Systems in the Space Environment

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Editors:
  1. Robert N. DeWitt

    1. U.S. Department of Energy, USA

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  2. Dwight Duston

    1. Strategic Defense Initiative Organization, The Pentagon, USA

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  3. Anthony K. Hyder

    1. University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, USA

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series E: (NSSE, volume 245)

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Table of contents (46 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Overview of the Space Environment

    1. Near Earth Space, A Historical Perspective

      • H. Friedman
      Pages 1-22

    2. Overview from a Systems Perspective

      • C. K. Purvis
      Pages 23-44

    3. Introduction to the Space Environment

      • R. W. Nicholls
      Pages 45-66

    4. The Sun - Its Role in the Environment of the Near Earth Space

      • Vicente Domingo
      Pages 67-101

    5. The Upper Atmosphere and the Ionosphere

      • R. W. Nicholls
      Pages 103-116

    6. The Near Earth Particulate Environment

      • J. A. M. McDonnell
      Pages 117-146

    7. The Magnetosphere and Its Interaction with the Solar Wind and with the Ionosphere

      • S. W. H. Cowley
      Pages 147-181

    8. Cosmic Radiation

      • Titus Mathews
      Pages 183-204

    9. The Interplanetary Environment

      • Jean-Claude Mandeville
      Pages 205-232

  3. Environmental Interactions with Materials and Components

    1. Atomic Oxygen and Its Effect on Materials

      • R. C. Tennyson
      Pages 233-257

    2. Ultraviolet and Vacuum-Ultraviolet Radiation Effects on Spacecraft Thermal Control Materials

      • A. E. Stiegman, Ranty H. Liang
      Pages 259-266

    3. Contaminant-Sensitive Systems in the Solar Radiation Environment

      • F. R. Krueger
      Pages 267-271

    4. Hypervelocity Impact Physics - Plasma Discharge Phenomena on Solar Generators

      • F. R. Krueger
      Pages 273-290

    5. Methodology for Impact Damage Assessment

      • T. J. Stevenson
      Pages 291-298

    6. Protection and Shielding

      • J. Bourrieau
      Pages 299-351

    7. Physics of Energetic Particle Interactions

      • C. Dyer
      Pages 353-381

    8. Radiation Damage to Surface and Structure Materials

      • Alain Paillous
      Pages 383-405

    9. Hazards to Electronics in Space

      • James H. Stephen
      Pages 407-435

    10. Plasma Interactions at Low Altitudes

      • E. J. Daly, D. J. Rodgers
      Pages 437-465
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A NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI) on the Behavior of Systems in the Space Environment was held at the Atholl Palace Hotel, Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland, from July 7 through July 19, 1991. This publication is the Proceedings of the Institute. The NATO Advanced Study Institute Program of the NATO Science Committee is a unique and valuable forum, under whose auspices almost one thousand international tutorial meetings have been held since the inception of the program in 1959. The ASI is intended to be primarily a high-level teaching activity at which a carefully defined subject is presented in a systematic and coherently structured program. The subject is treated in considerable depth by lecturers eminent; in their :(ield and of international standing. The subject is presented to other scientists who either will already have specialized in the field or possess an advanced general background. The ASI is aimed at approximately the post-doctoral level. This ASI emphasized the basic physics of the space environment and the engineering aspects of the environment's interactions with spacecraft.

Editors and Affiliations

  • U.S. Department of Energy, USA

    Robert N. DeWitt

  • Strategic Defense Initiative Organization, The Pentagon, USA

    Dwight Duston

  • University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, USA

    Anthony K. Hyder

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Behavior of Systems in the Space Environment

  • Editors: Robert N. DeWitt, Dwight Duston, Anthony K. Hyder

  • Series Title: NATO Science Series E:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2048-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1993

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-2453-9Published: 30 September 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-4907-8Published: 07 December 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-2048-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0168-132X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 962

  • Topics: Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Automotive Engineering

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