Damage Investigation of Hypervelocity Impact on Woven Fabric of Basalt Fiber

It is feasible to develop a shield with high strength fiber materials in order to protect spacecraft against space debris's impacts. Basalt fiber is one of the high strength materials being noticed in recent years. The aim of this study was to probe into the macro-damage property on perforation and mecro-damage of fibers in basalt fiber woven fabric. The molten materials caused by high temperature under impact were observed. The perforation equation of the fabric was developed based on the hypervelocity impact data. The mecro-damage reasons of the basalt fiber were researched according to the damage form of the cross section on the fiber. This study is beneficial to the application of basalt fiber woven fabric to the space debris shielding.