To provide devices and methods for easily attaching slosh baffles to interior walls of propellant tanks of launch vehicles.SOLUTION: A composite tank 100 for a reusable launch vehicle comprises a composite wall 104 having a first coefficient of thermal expansion. The composite tank 100 also comprises slosh baffles 110 formed from a second material and 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 a 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 selected in part based on a difference between the first coefficient of thermal expansion and the second coefficient of thermal expansion. The radial gap is configured to change in response to changes in temperature of the composite tank 100.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2A

    【課題】打ち上げビークルの推進剤タンクの内壁にスロッシュバッフルを容易に取り付けるための装置及び方法を提供する。【解決手段】再使用可能な打ち上げビークル用の複合タンク100は、第1の熱膨張係数を有する複合壁104を備える。複合タンク100は、第1の熱膨張係数とは異なる第2の熱膨張係数を有する第2の材料から形成されたスロッシュバッフル110を備える。スロッシュバッフル110のそれぞれは、複合壁104の円筒状内面105に取り付けられている。スロッシュバッフル110のそれぞれは、環状であり、第1の熱膨張係数と第2の熱膨張係数との差に部分的に基づいて選択される径方向ギャップによって複合壁104の円筒状内面105から分離されている。径方向ギャップは、複合タンク100の温度の変化に応答して変化するように構成されている。【選択図】図2A


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    Title :

    COMPOSITE TANKS FOR REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLES AND METHODS OF FABRICATING THE SAME


    Additional title:

    再使用可能な打ち上げビークル用の複合タンク及びその製造方法



    Publication date :

    2022-08-29


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    Japanese


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS / B65D Behältnisse zur Lagerung oder zum Transport von Gegenständen oder Materialien [Container], z.B. Säcke, Beutel, Fässer, Flaschen, Dosen, Kästen, Büchsen, Schachteln, Packkörbe, Tonnen, Gläser, Flüssigkeitsbehälter, Trichtersilos, Transportbehälter , CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS



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