A pressure vessel includes at least one pair of side bulkheads spaced apart from each other. In addition, the pressure vessel includes at least one substantially flat panel having at least one panel span extending between the pair of side bulkheads and being in non-contacting proximity to the side bulkheads. The panel and the side bulkheads collectively form at least a portion of a structural assembly enclosing the pressure vessel. The pressure vessel also includes a plurality of panel braces coupling the side bulkheads to the panel at a plurality of panel attachment nodes distributed along the panel span. At least two of the panel braces have a different axial stiffness configured to result in the outward deflection of the panel attachment nodes by substantially equal deflection amounts when the panel is subjected to an out-of-plane pressure load during internal pressurization of the pressure vessel.
PRESSURE VESSEL HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT PANEL
RECIPIENT A PRESSION COMPORTANT UN PANNEAU ESSENTIELLEMENT PLAT
2021-01-01
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | F16J Kolben , PISTONS / B21D WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL , Bearbeiten oder Verarbeiten von Blechen, Metallrohren, -stangen oder -profilen ohne wesentliches Abtragen des Werkstoffs / B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / F17C Behälter zum Aufnehmen oder Speichern verdichteter, verflüssigter oder verfestigter Gase , VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES |
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