NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) 20060026037: Guidelines for the Utilization of Composite Materials in Oxygen Storage Tanks

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Guidelinesf or the Utilization of Composite Materials in Oxygen
Storage Tanks
Space travel is inherently dangerous and, currently, quite expensive. NASA has always
done everything possible to minimize the risk associated with the materials chosen for
space travel applications by requiring that all materials associated with NASA programs
meet the strict requirements established by NASA testing standard NASA-STD-6001
Flammability, Odor, Offgassing, and Compatibility Requirements and Test Procedures
for Materials in Environments that Support Combustion. NASA also has the need to
develop lighter weight structural materials that will allow more payload weight to be
carried into space. NASA is utilizing composite materials inside the orbiter to lighten the
overall weight, but has not considered composite materials for oxygen tanks because of
the inherent incompatibility of composite materials with atomic oxygen. This
presentation will focus on how oxygen tanks can be built from composite materials.
Details will be provided for the design and compatibility testing techniques that will be
utilized to create a new NASA standard, NASA-HDBK-60 18 , which will serve as the
starting point for the design of oxygen tanks made from composite materials.
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