Shield mass per kW vs container size
Areal density (density × thickness) in kg/m² and g/cm², shield mass and kg per kW of a box; mass per kW scales as 1/L. Geometry only, no dose.
SIDUS educational calculator. Category utilities. Tags: mission-design, power, satellite, structures, utilities. Pure SI. Not flight software.
Formula
kg/kW = 6ρt / (p_v L)
Shield mass per kW vs container size
Primary sources
- Why we should train AI in space (white paper) (Lumen Orbit / Starcloud: Feilden, Oltean, Johnston (September 2024)): Worked radiator example (ε 0.92, α 0.09, F 0.25, 20 °C), 5 GW / 4 km × 4 km array, dawn-dusk SSO rationale, shield scaling. SIDUS reimplements the physics independently and applies ε to the Earth-IR term by default. No affiliation.
- SHIELDOSE-2 background (SPENVIS help) (ESA / BIRA-IASB): Dose-depth curves are tabulated against aluminium areal density (g/cm²). SIDUS computes only the areal density, never the dose. No affiliation.
- Towards a future space-based, highly scalable AI infrastructure system design (Google Research, arXiv:2511.19468 (2025)): Dawn-dusk SSO TPU constellation concept and TID test context (HBM irregularities from 2 krad(Si); 750 rad(Si) expected shielded 5-year dose). No affiliation.
- SIDUS pure-SI implementation (sidus.tools): Local pure-function implementations in src/lib/physics (educational, independent reimplementation).
How do AI agents use this tool?
Read /llms.txt or call https://sidus.tools/api/mcp. Open the interactive page for live SI inputs.