Debonding failure of sandwich-composite cryogenic fuel tank with internal core pressure

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 613-627

  Glaessgen, Edward H ^a,b   Reeder, James R ^a,c   Sleight, David W ^a,b   Wang, John T ^a,b   Raju, Ivatury S ^a,d   Harris, Charles E ^a,d  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Analytical and Computational Methods Branch   (United States)

^c Mechanics and Durability Branch   (United States)

^d NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRYOGENIC EQUIPMENT; DEBONDING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; LAMINATES; MICROCRACKS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TOUGHNESS;

DEBONDING FAILURE; INTERNAL CORE PRESSURE; LIQUID-HYDROGEN FUEL TANKS; SANDWICH CORE PRESSURES;

FUEL TANKS;

EID: 24144452851     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.5567     Document Type: Article

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