The Composite Cryotank Technologies and Demonstration Project is working to advance the technologies for composite cryogenic propellant tanks at diameters suitable for future heavy lift vehicles and other in-space applications. The main goals of the project are to reduce weight and cost. One aspect of this project has focused on damage evaluation and repair development. Test panels have been impacted, repaired, and tested. Several repair methods were used to compare their effectiveness at restoring the integrity of the composite. Panels were evaluated by nondestructive evaluations at several points during the process to assess the damage and repair. The testing performed and the results and conclusions from the nondestructive evaluations and the destructive testing will be discussed. These results will lead to further development of inspection techniques and repair methods.


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    Title :

    Repair Development for a Composite Cryotank



    Conference:

    AeroMat 25 Conference and Expo ; 2014 ; Orlando, FL, United States


    Publication date :

    2014-06-16


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English