PROTECTION OF MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES FROM SPACE ENVIRONMENT: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference: Protection of Materials and Structures From Space Environment

9th International Conference: Protection of Materials and Structures From Space Environment

Jacob I. Kleiman, Integrity Testing Laboratory Inc./ University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, Markham, Ontario, Canada

Conference Location and Date: Toronto, Canada, 20-23 May 2008

Subseries: Materials Physics and Applications; Plasma Physics

Published February 2008; ISBN 978-0-7354-0619-3, One Volume, Print; 722 pages; 8.5 X 11 inches, single column; Softcover; $324.00

Readership: The readership may include but is not limited to: engineers and scientists working in space and aerospace research and enterprises dealing with space industry; upper management and technical staff of government organizations, space agencies and private organizations involved in the space materials and structures’ development, in satellite design and launches; students and teaching staff in institutes and universities having aerospace, material science, space vehicles design faculties, etc.

The conference proceedings are discussing the latest developments in the area of the effects of the space environment on materials and structures and the ways to prevent and/or reduce them. The effects of various space environment factors like atomic oxygen, vacuum ultraviolet radiation, charging, micrometeoroids, meteoroid showers, etc. on materials and structures in various space conditions are discussed. In addition the ways to prevent these effects or reduce them through protection by coatings or modification of affected surfaces are considered in the book. The discussions on development of predictive models of material erosion that will allow the materials engineers and designers of future spacecraft to evaluate materials' behavior is continued from the past meetings.

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