Development of Fabric-Based Materials for Space Applications
Item
- Title
- Development of Fabric-Based Materials for Space Applications
- Description
- This project was designed to produce new and improved coated fibrous structure materials for rigidizable expanded structures for future aerospace uses. Woven fiberglas is coated with polymeric compositions designed to retain flexibility until rigidization is required. Two techniques involving removal of part of the coating (normally a plasticizer) are evaluated and found satisfactory for producing a rigid structure. Inflatable structures are used to demonstrate the methods. A third procedure for rigidization is outlined from a theoretical viewpoint only. The investigation is restricted to continuous-filament glass yarn and coating compounds based on polyvinyl chloride and polyurethane polymers. The effects of yarns, weaves, and coating composition are investigated with respect to their rigidization capability. Criteria used to determine the relative merit of a coated fabric matrix are buckling strength under compression loading and modification of the standard stiffness test for plastics. Relative rates of rigidization are measured for several candidate materials
- Date
- 1963
- Date Issued
- 1963-01
- Publisher
- Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH : Directorate of Materials & Processes, Aeronautical Systems Division, Air Force Systems Command
- DoD Project
- 7320 - Fibrous Materials for Decelerators and Structures
- DoD Task
- None Given
- Abstract
-
This project was designed to produce new and improved coated fibrous structure materials for rigidizable expanded structures for future aerospace uses. Woven fiberglas is coated with polymeric compositions designed to retain flexibility until rigidization is required. Two techniques involving removal of part of the coating (normally a plasticizer) are evaluated and found satisfactory for producing a rigid structure. Inflatable structures are used to demonstrate the methods. A third procedure for rigidization is outlined from a theoretical viewpoint only.
The investigation is restricted to continuous-filament glass yarn and coating compounds based on polyvinyl chloride and polyurethane polymers. The effects of yarns, weaves, and coating composition are investigated with respect to their rigidization capability. Criteria used to determine the relative merit of a coated fabric matrix are buckling strength under compression loading and modification of the standard stiffness test for plastics. Relative rates of rigidization are measured for several candidate materials - Index Abstract
- Contrails only
- Laboratory
- Directorate of Materials & Processes
- Distribution Conflict
- No
- Distribution Classification
- 1
- Identifier
- AD0299030
- DTIC Record Exists
- No
- Report Availability
- Full text available
- Extent
- 18
- Corporate Author
- Westinghouse Electric Corporation
- Report Number
- ASD TDR 62-964, p. 291-307
- Provenance
- Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control
- Creator
- Gosnell, C. N.
- Hawthorn, A. T.
- Type
- article
- Relation
- This paper was presented at the Directorate of Materials and Processes "Symposium on Fibrous Materials" held in Dayton, Ohio, on 16-17 October 1962
- Format
- 1 online resource (18 pages)
- Is Part Of
- Symposium on Fibrous Materials
- Media
ASDTRD62-964paper13.pdf
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| Title | Class |
|---|---|
| Symposium on Fibrous Materials |