Cryogenic fluid management experiment trunnion fatigue verificationA subcritical liquid hydrogen orbital storage and transfer experiment was designed for flight in the Shuttle cargo bay. The Cryogenic Fluid Management Experiment (CFME) includes a liquid hydrogen tank supported in a vacuum jacket by two fiberglass epoxy trunnion mounts. This composite material was selected for the trunnions since it provides desirable strength, weight and thermal characteristics for supporting cryogenic tankage. An experimental program was conducted to provide material property and fatigue data for S-glass epoxy composite materials at ambient and liquid hydrogen temperatures and to verify structural integrity of the CFME trunnion supports.
Document ID
19830051564
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Bailey, W. J. (Martin Marietta Aerospace Denver, CO, United States)
Fester, D. A. (Martin Marietta Aerospace Denver, CO, United States)
Toth, J. M., Jr. (Martin Marietta Aerospace Denver, CO, United States)
Kasper, H. J. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)