Laboratory Evaluation of Nitrile Fuel Tank Materials (Phase 2)

Abstract

We have evaluated seven candidate nitrile-coated fabrics for use in collapsible fuel storage containers that we received from four suppliers, Bulk Liquid Storage Systems (BLSS), Avon Engineered Fabrications (AEF), Berg Inflatable Systems (BIS) and Dunlop Corporation. Four of the materials BLSS, Berg/Reeves, AEF/Reeves, and AEF/Archer met the MIL-PRF-32233 JP-8 fuel diffusion requirement of 0.06 oz/ft(expn 2)/24h. The JP-8 diffusion rates for the remaining three materials did not meet the military specification. All materials performed well in peel adhesion testing when conditioned with fuels; however, when conditioned with water at elevated temperatures a major decrease in strengths are observed. The Dunlop fabric seam performed poorly retaining only 20% of its original peel strength. The reduction was only 50% when extraction with JP-8 was performed before water conditioning.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA588129

Entities

People

  • Daniel Deschepper
  • David Flanagan
  • Henry Feuer
  • James M. Sloan
  • Paul Touchet

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adhesion
  • Containers
  • Diesel Fuels
  • Extraction
  • Fabrication
  • Fuel Tanks
  • Low Temperature
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Testing
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Peel Strength
  • Physical Properties
  • Polymeric Films
  • Storage Tanks
  • Test Methods

Readers

  • Materials Science
  • Petroleum Engineering