Space debris positioning based on two-dimensional PVDF piezoelectric film sensor

In order to determine the positions of debris collision spacecraft accurately, the experiments have been performed to impact orthogonal stacking two-dimensional Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) piezoelectric film at different collision speeds based on the piezoelectric effects of the PVDF film by using two-stage light gas gun loading system and the self-constructed positioning system. The debris source was positioned accurately by PVDF strips sensor and testing system, which has been established to extract piezoelectric signals of the PVDF film during the process of impacting. The visualization of the position for debris impacting spacecraft was achieved through the LABview language programme and signal processing acquired by the signal acquisition system in the experiments. The experimental results show that the positions of the debris impacting source can be realized accurately by the piezoelectric effects of the orthogonal stacking two-dimensional PVDF film, the flight velocity and the incidence angle of the debris can be determined by installing the double-set PVDF film as the targets with a certain spacing.