This required tank structures that could hold pressurized liquid cryogenic fluids while handling aerothermal heating. Due to the vehicles projected flight envelope, the tanks were a major portion of the overall craft’s structure.
Cryogenic Tanks for Space Refueling: The Cool Parts Show All …
2024年5月8日 · Episode #71 of The Cool Parts Show focuses on the spacecraft thrust chamber assembly produced via additive manufacturing. But another AM application we found at Marshall relates to tanks that will keep fuel sufficiently cool for storage in …
Design, Manufacture, and Cryogenic Testing of a Linerless
2024年3月18日 · The aim was to demonstrate the linerless design concept with a thin-ply composite for the cylinder. The investigation is limited to the internal pressure vessel, while real cryogenic tanks also involve an outer vessel containing vacuum for thermal insulation.
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• Testing at cryogenic temperatures requires: • Cryogenic rated test fixtures • Cryogenic temperature controllers 24
Progress in research on composite cryogenic propellant tank for …
2021年4月1日 · This review discusses the progress in research on composite cryogenic tanks and identifies the technical difficulties encountered in manufacturing these components, including liquid oxygen compatibility and cryogenic mechanical properties and antileakage properties.
The tanks used out-of-autoclave (OoA) cured graphite/epoxy material and processes to enable large (up to 10-m-diameter) cryotank fabrication, and thin-ply prepreg to minimize hydrogen permeation through tank walls.
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NASA Tests Game Changing Composite Cryogenic Fuel Tank
2013年7月2日 · WASHINGTON — NASA recently completed a major space technology development milestone by successfully testing a pressurized, large cryogenic propellant tank made of composite materials. The composite tank will enable the next generation of rockets and spacecraft needed for space exploration.
Developing a linerless, all-composite, spherical cryotank
2020年7月4日 · All-composite cryogenic storage tanks are considered a key enabling technology for long-term exploration and survival in space. However, all-composite designs for cryogenic fuels like liquid nitrogen or liquid oxygen tend to cause the …