Open AccessA NOTE ON IMPORTANCE FUNCTIONS FOR THE SHIELDING OF MANNED SPACE VEHICLES
Author(s) -
R.G. Alsmiller
Publication year - 1964
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/4028837
Subject(s) - electromagnetic shielding , shield , solar flare , proton , physics , penetration (warfare) , flare , nuclear engineering , aerospace engineering , astrobiology , nuclear physics , engineering , astrophysics , biology , operations research , paleontology , quantum mechanics
The tissue dose calculations of Kinney were used to calculate several importance functions associated with the dose from primary and secondary particles in the tissue due to penetration of an aluminum shield by a solar-flare proton spectrum. Secondary particles produced in the shield were not considered. (auth