Minimum Weight Tank End Closure Systems

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Edenfield, C. E., author.

Conference Name:

National Aerospace Engineering & Manufacturing Meeting

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1962

Summary:

This paper presents a method of determining the dimensions of a bulkhead closure for a cylindrical tank under internal pressure, which results in minimum overall weight. The items considered are: the bulkhead, a portion of a cylindrical adapter of length equal to the bulkhead depth, and a portion of the tank cylindrical section. The length of this cylindrical section is such that its contained volume plus the bulkhead volume equals the volume of a hemisphere having a radius equal to that of the tank cylinder. Thus our weight comparisons are on the basis of constant volume

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Publisher Number:

620366

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