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Front Cover: Advanced Engineering Materials 1∕2014
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
advanced engineering materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.938
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1527-2648
pISSN - 1438-1656
DOI - 10.1002/adem.201470001
Subject(s) - front cover , cover (algebra) , hypervelocity , space debris , spacecraft , citation , electromagnetic shielding , aerospace engineering , materials science , library science , computer science , mechanical engineering , engineering , composite material , physics , astronomy
The cover shows a defending spacecraft against orbital debris is a major concern facing NASA. In the article by Douglas C. Hofmann, Lee Hamill and co‐workers, bulk metallic glasses and composites are subjected to hypervelocity impacts to assess their suitability for integration into spacecraft shielding architectures. The image on the cover shows the impact of a 3 mm diameter aluminum sphere impacting a 4‐layer test sample of metallic glass at approximately 3 km/s to simulate the impact with a particle of space debris.