An Insert for an Opening in a Composite Material Pressure Vessel

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Abstract:

A pressure vessel insert comprises a plate having an outboard surface and an inboard surface interconnected by outer edge surfaces, and defining an aperture extending therethrough from the outboard surface to the inboard surface. The plate is provided with a modulus of elasticity within about 30 of a first modulus of elasticity of inboard and outboard skins of a wall portion of the pressure vessel shell around an opening in which the insert is disposed, in directions through the thickness of the skins.

Author(s):
Spicola, Francis C. ; Plunkett, Stephen J.
Author Organization(s):
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON DC
Descriptive Note:
Patent Application, Filed 21 Apr 97
Pagination:
0014

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
PAT-APPL-843 809
Monitor Series:
NAVEXOS
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_3.2_Engagement; JCA_3_Force Application; JCA_3.2.1_Kinetic Means
Communities of Interest:
Ground and Sea Platforms
Descriptor(s):
*PATENT APPLICATIONS, *PRESSURE VESSELS, *SANDWICH CONSTRUCTION, COMPOSITE MATERIALS, MODULUS OF ELASTICITY, SHELLS(STRUCTURAL FORMS), SKIN(STRUCTURAL), OUTBOARD, INBOARD, TORPEDO WARHEADS
Field(s)/Group(s):
Structural Engineering and Building Technology, Torpedoes
Keyword(s):
*PRESSURE VESSEL INSERTS
Report Date:
1997 Apr 21
Creation Date:
1997 Sep 17