Failure Mechanism of Urethane Elastomer Coated Fabric Collapsible Fuel Tanks

Abstract

This report investigates the failure mechanism of urethane elastomer coated fabric collapsible fuel storage tanks. Past work has dealt with fuel degradation causing the tanks to fail but that work has met with failure. The mechanism that causes these tanks to fail is an extraction process whereby the protective ingredients in the polymer coating are removed by the fuel causing the elastomer to degrade by hydrolysis. Collapsible tanks, Polyurethanes, Urethanes, Ester, Hydrolysis. (jes)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA221033

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  • Henry O. Feuer Jr.
  • Paul Touchet

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  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Army
  • Classification
  • Diesel Fuels
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Fuel Tanks
  • Fuels
  • Materials
  • New York
  • Physical Properties
  • Polymers
  • Resistance
  • Security
  • Storage Tanks
  • Tensile Strength
  • United States

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