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Applied Physics Letters / Volume 97 / Issue 5 / INTERDISCIPLINARY AND GENERAL PHYSICS

Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 054102 (2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3474607 (3 pages)

Potential micrometeoroid and orbital debris protection system using a gradient magnetic field and magnetic flux compression

A. Giffin, M. N. Shneider, and R. B. Miles

Applied Physics Group, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, USA

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(Received 30 April 2010; accepted 3 July 2010; published online 2 August 2010)

A system for using a magnetic field in conjunction with conventional shielding configurations to protect against micrometeoroid and orbital debris is presented. Analytical, numerical, and experimental studies of a conductor moving through a gradient magnetic field have been performed. The results show that in the high magnetic Reynolds number regime a conducting object will experience large forces that tend to deform it while moving through the gradient field. Additionally a configuration using magnetic flux compression is introduced to act as a magnetic shock absorber. Separately or together, this technology may augment or replace current protection designs for space systems.

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Keywords

astronomical techniques, meteoroids

PACS

  • 96.30.Ys

    Asteroids, meteoroids

  • 95.75.-z

    Observation and data reduction techniques; computer modeling and simulation

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3474607

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0003-6951 (print)  
1077-3118 (online)

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