VACUUM DEPLOYMENT TEST OF A LARGE EXPANDABLE AEROSPACE SHELTER

Abstract

A 10-ft-diam by 25-ft-long, expandable, self-rigidizing, cylindrical aerospace shelter was impregnated with a water setting resin and packaged for deployment in a vacuum of .0001 torr in the Mark 1 Aerospace Environmental Chamber. The deployment rate of the structure was observed. The Mark 1 chamber was returned to atmospheric conditions, and the structure was rigidized.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0487118

Entities

People

  • F. W. Nelms

Organizations

  • Arnold Engineering Development Complex

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Bulkheads
  • Catalysts
  • Containers
  • Contractors
  • Deployment
  • Expandable Structures
  • Explosive Bolts
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Motion Picture Photography
  • Motion Pictures
  • Space Environments
  • Valves
  • Walls

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.
  • Polymer Science and Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster
  • Space - Satellites