Long-Term Storability of Propellant Tankage and Components

Abstract

A representative number of liquid propellant tankage metals, fabricated by typical production methods of forming and welding and subjected to the same degree of inspection and quality control documentation as production tankage, have been evaluated in storage testing for nearly 2 years. A number of leaks have been investigated in all three types of tankage metals-aluminum, steel, and titanium. In general, the failures have been attributed more to quality of fabrication, welding in particular, than to the metals themselves.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0857651

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  • John E. Branigan

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aluminum Alloys
  • Fabrication
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Joints
  • Liquid Propellants
  • Liquid Rocket Fuels
  • Liquid Rocket Propellants
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Production Engineering
  • Rocket Fuels
  • Rocket Propellants
  • Rocket Propulsion
  • Welded Joints

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  • Metallurgy
  • Rocket Propulsion.