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Use of Longeron Anchored Cables in Multilobed Liquid Booster Tanks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

Bertram Klein*
Affiliation:
Space Systems Division, Hughes Aircraft, El Segundo, California

Extract

The use of multilobed pressure vessels is not new. Such structures have been used in civil engineering applications for many years. It has been recognised that substantial weight savings are possible by reducing the radius of curvature by lobing. Usually the resulting discontinuity stresses at the junctions of the lobes have been balanced by attaching flat plates.

Type
Technical Notes
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1965

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