In the paper an activity to assess candidate foam materials for insulation of liquid hydrogen tank of reusable launchers is reported. This work has been performed jointly by DaimlerChrysler Aerospace and ESA/ESTEC. A screening of commercial materials has been carried out on the basis of supplier's data and characterisation tests at sample level in a large range of temperature. Most of the materials pre-selected has shown performance considerably lower than the target goal and only one, although with some limitations, has been retained as candidate. Recommended future activities are also presented.


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    Title :

    Assessment of Foam Materials for Cryotank Insulation


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers



    Conference:

    International Conference On Environmental Systems ; 2000



    Publication date :

    2000-07-10




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




    Assessment of Foam Materials for Cryotank Insulation

    Illera, J.-I. S. / Santovincenzo, A. / Ritter, H. et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2000