A fuel cell containing fuel for an aircraft includes an innermost layer configured to contact the fuel, an outermost layer and a containment gel formed from isocyanate and polyol interposed between the innermost and outermost layers. The containment gel is configured to self-seal a ballistically formed hole therein, thereby reducing leakage of the fuel from the fuel cell.
SELF-HEALING CONTAINMENT GELS FOR AIRCRAFT FUEL TANKS
SELBSTHEILENDE EINSCHLUSSGELE FÜR FLUGZEUGKRAFTSTOFFBEHÄLTER
GELS DE CONFINEMENT AUTO-CICATRISANTS POUR PILES À COMBUSTIBLE D'AÉRONEF
2023-03-01
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
Fuel Containment of Auxillary Fuel Tanks
NTIS | 1995
|Self-sealing aircraft fuel tanks
Engineering Index Backfile | 1941