COMPOSITE TANKS FOR REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLES AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THEREOF

A composite tank (100) for a reusable launch vehicle (101) comprises a composite wall (104), having a first coefficient of thermal expansion. The composite wall (104) comprises a first end (102), a second end (103), a central axis (106), which passes through the first end (102) and through the secon...

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Hauptverfasser:	TORRES, Glenn William, LUU, Tin Anh, EMBLER, Jonathan David, LEWIS, Morgan Ashley, NICHOLS, John Matthew, SZCZUDLAK, Jacob Ryan, KEITH, William Preston, TOOMEY, Jonathan Edward, KREUTZTRAGER, Keith Charles, GUZMAN, Juan Carlos
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	AIRCRAFT AVIATION BLASTING COMBUSTION ENGINES COSMONAUTICS HEATING HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS JET-PROPULSION PLANTS LIGHTING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PERFORMING OPERATIONS TRANSPORTING VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	A composite tank (100) for a reusable launch vehicle (101) comprises a composite wall (104), having a first coefficient of thermal expansion. The composite wall (104) comprises a first end (102), a second end (103), a central axis (106), which passes through the first end (102) and through the second end (103), and a cylindrical interior surface (105). The composite tank (100) also comprises slosh baffles (110), formed from a second material, having a second coefficient of thermal expansion that is different from the first coefficient of thermal expansion. Each of the slosh baffles (110) is attached to the cylindrical interior surface (105) of the composite wall (104). Each of the slosh baffles (110) is annular and is separated from the cylindrical interior surface (105) of the composite wall (104) by a radial gap (109), selected, in part, based on a difference between the first coefficient of thermal expansion and the second coefficient of thermal expansion. The radial gap (109) is configured to change responsive to changes in temperature of the composite tank (100).