VESSEL INSULATION ASSEMBLY

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an insulation assembly for use with cryogenic propellant vessels, and particularly, an insulation assembly that includes a micro-truss reinforced cryofoam.SOLUTION: A vessel 102 includes a vessel wall 104 and an insulation assembly coupled to the vessel wall. The ins...

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Hauptverfasser: RANDALL COLIN SCHUBERT, JEFFREY DALE FUKUSHIMA, KEITH Y CHONG, CHRISTOPHER S ROPER, TOBIAS A SCHAEDLER, JONATHAN D EMBLER, MICHAEL LESLIE HAND, TIMOTHY LEO GAYNOR III
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Zusammenfassung:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an insulation assembly for use with cryogenic propellant vessels, and particularly, an insulation assembly that includes a micro-truss reinforced cryofoam.SOLUTION: A vessel 102 includes a vessel wall 104 and an insulation assembly coupled to the vessel wall. The insulation assembly includes a stochastic foam material and a microtruss structure encased within the foam material. The microtruss structure includes a plurality of truss members connected at a plurality of nodes. Each truss member is in contact with the foam material such that the microtruss structure provides a structural core for the foam material.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4 【課題】低温推進剤の容器と共に使用される断熱アセンブリに関し、特に、マイクロトラス(micro-truss)で補強された低温発泡体を含んだ断熱アセンブリを提供する。【解決手段】容器102は、容器壁104、及び容器壁に連結された断熱アセンブリを含む。断熱アセンブリは、確率的発泡材料(stochastic foam material)、及び発泡材料内に封じ込められたマイクロトラス構造を含む。マイクロトラス構造は、複数のノード(node)において連結された複数のトラス部材を含む。各々のトラス部材は、マイクロトラス構造が発泡材料に対して構造的なコアを提供するように、発泡材料と接触する。【選択図】図4