Study of insulated and equipped cryogenic tanks for RLV

Paper number

IAC-06-C2.4.09

Author

Dr. Yuriy Sumin, Central Research Institute of Machine Building (TSNIIMASH), Russia

Coauthor

Mr. Yves Prel, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), France

Coauthor

Mr. Yuriy Gusev, Central Research Institute of Machine Building (TSNIIMASH), Russia

Coauthor

Mr. Nikolai Panichkin, Central Research Institute of Machine Building (TSNIIMASH), Russia

Coauthor

Mr. Yael Marion, France

Year

2006

Abstract

Within the joint French-Russian research program OURAL devoted to development of new generation launchers technologies it is being studied a macro demonstrator of a cryogenic tank for an RLV. The objectives of this research project are to study, design, produce and test a macro demonstrator of an insulated and equipped cryogenic tank with adjacent devices. The demonstrator is to be representative to both ELV and RLV systems.
  
The paper describes objectives related to a cryogenic tank for the first phase of the project implementation. The main tasks of the study are the following: trade-offs on configurations of cross-section of an RLV; review and analysis of materials for production of the tank wall; cold insulation and heat protection system; design and numerical simulation of the selected insulation structure option including definition of temperature and stress distribution, evaluation of thickness and mass of a multilayer structure.
 
The paper also touches specific objects related to a pressurization system for cryogenic tanks; selection and design of subscale tanks and components; and reviews the methodology of testing.

Abstract document

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