investigating space radiation
Sarah Shoorian; S. Amir Hossein Feghhi; Hamid Jafari; Reza Amjadifard
Volume 16, Issue 2 , June 2023, , Pages 19-26
Abstract
Protection of astronauts and electronic components in satellites and spacecraft against space rays is one of the most important primary requirements in space missions. In this work, the effect of three materials, aluminum, as the most common material, polyethylene and a graded-z structure, in the protection ...
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Protection of astronauts and electronic components in satellites and spacecraft against space rays is one of the most important primary requirements in space missions. In this work, the effect of three materials, aluminum, as the most common material, polyethylene and a graded-z structure, in the protection of space radiations has been evaluated. The calculations of the dose caused by these radiations on the human body and a silicon piece have been carried out by MCNPX Monte Carlo code,. The dose caused by cosmic rays has been calculated after applying shields of aluminum, graded-z structure and polyethylene. The results showed that by using polyethylene and about 4.4% increase in weight compared to the aluminum shield, it is possible to reduce the dose caused by photons by more than 50% in the human body and 30% in silicon parts, and the dose caused by protons by about 30%. It cut both for astronauts and electronic components. Graded-z shielding performed very well in the dose attenuation caused by photons, but appeared ineffective in the dose attenuation caused by protons.
recognition, evaluation, and detection of space radiation
Kavoos Ghordoyi Milan; Ali Sadr; S. Hasan Sedighy; Hamideh Daneshvar
Volume 14, Issue 2 , June 2021, , Pages 71-76
Abstract
In this paper, multi layer radiation shield is designed for electrons and protons space environments to protect in all satellite orbits. The designed shield layer material and thickness is analyzed and optimized by MCNPX linked with Matlab. In Matlab, genetic algorithm is employed for optimization where ...
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In this paper, multi layer radiation shield is designed for electrons and protons space environments to protect in all satellite orbits. The designed shield layer material and thickness is analyzed and optimized by MCNPX linked with Matlab. In Matlab, genetic algorithm is employed for optimization where the cost function is obtained from MCNPX. The designed shield achieves more than 53% TID reduction for proton environment and more 72% TID reduction for electron environment compared with aluminum by similar thickness. This good specifications prove the capability and ability of the deigned multilayer shields to protect the electronic parts in the satellite applications.
