Structural Design and Impact Analysis of Deployable Habitat Modules

Table 1

Flexible composite shell of space-deployable habitat modules.

Functional layer of thin wall (from outer wall to inner wall)	Composite flexible material	Layer numbers	Total thickness (mm)
Thermal protection layer	Al: Kapton laminated film	1	0.45
	Al: Mylar laminated film	20
	Al: Kapton laminated film	1
Space debris and meteoroid protection shielding	Nextel fiber	2	1
	Polyurethane foam	1	75
Restraint layer	Kevlar fabric	1	4
Redundant bladder layer	Vectran fiber	1	3.0
Internal layer	Vectran fabric	11	1.5