Publisher's Synopsis
A unique and innovative risk assessment of the International Space Station (ISS) Propulsion Module is conducted using fractal modeling of the Module's response to the meteoroid and orbital debris environments. Both the environment models and structural failure modes due to the resultant hypervelocity impact phenomenology, as well as Module geometry, are investigated for fractal applicability. The fractal risk assessment methodology could produce a greatly simplified alternative to current methodologies, such as BUMPER analyses, while maintaining or increasing the number of complex scenarios that can be assessed. As a minimum, this innovative fractal approach will provide an independent assessment of existing methodologies in a unique way.Mog, Robert A.Marshall Space Flight CenterRISK; METEOROIDS; FRACTALS; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION; STRUCTURAL FAILURE; SPACE DEBRIS; ASSESSMENTS; FAILURE MODES; ENVIRONMENT MODELS; HYPERVELOCITY IMPACT; PHENOMENOLOGY...
