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Shuttle Spacesuit: Fabric/LCVG Model Validation
Technical Paper
2001-01-2372
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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A detailed spacesuit computational model is being developed at the Langley Research Center for radiation exposure evaluation studies. The details of the construction of the spacesuit are critical to estimation of exposures and assessing the risk to the astronaut on EVA. Past evaluations of spacesuit shielding properties assumed the basic fabric lay-up (Thermal Micrometeroid Garment, fabric restraints, and pressure envelope) and Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment (LCVG) could be homogenized as a single layer overestimating the protective properties over 60 percent of the fabric area. The present spacesuit model represents the inhomogeneous distributions of LCVG materials (mainly the water filled cooling tubes). An experimental test is performed using a 34-MeV proton beam and high-resolution detectors to compare with model-predicted transmission factors. Some suggestions are made on possible improved construction methods to improve the spacesuit’s protection properties.
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Wilson, J., Tweed, J., Zeitlin, C., Kim, M. et al., "Shuttle Spacesuit: Fabric/LCVG Model Validation," SAE Technical Paper 2001-01-2372, 2001, https://doi.org/10.4271/2001-01-2372.Also In
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